by Spuddy » Sat Sep 27, 2008 2:12 pm
It has got some sort of lacquer on it yes (I'm not sure it's a varnish, more of a light shellac or similar) but I don't think it makes any difference.
The trick to getting the pastry off is to first make sure the dolly is well floured and then gently prise the dough away from the sides so that you gan get a finger or two down to the base then gently twist the dolly whilst holding down the base with said fingers and it should come away cleanly.
There was a fairly good demonstration of this on a recent "Hairy Bakers" programme, "Pies" was the episode I think.
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