| English | German | Information |
|---|---|---|
| Frozen dough | ||
| Puff Pastry | der Blätterteig | ‘Puff pastry is a light flaky pastry with a lot of butter in in. Perfect for savoury or sweet pies, Beef Wellington, pastries, croissants, cheese straws, sausage rolls, strudel, Tarte Tatin and Mile-feuille. |
| Filo Pastry | Der Filo- & Yufkateig | It is not the same as Puff pastry/ Blätterteig, although it could be used as a substitute in some recipies. Tante Fanny sells a filo dough |
| Shortcrust | der Mürbeteig. | Used for the base in sweet tarts or quiche and flans. It can also be used for sweet and savoury pies like apple or chicken. |
| Pizza | der Pizzateig | Tante Fanny sells various options, found, square, made from Dinkelmehl etc |
| Quiche and Tart dough | Quche- und Tarteteig | Tante Fanny sells a round Quiche and Tart dough. It is a shortcrust dough, just shaped round. They also make a sweeter dough and one with more butter in, but in the end they are all Shortcrust dough |
| Strudel dough | Strudelteig | |
| Flammkuchen dough | der Flammkuchenteig | Tante Fanny sells various doughs for Flammkuchen. Flammkuchen has a very thin and crisp crust |
| Dough in a tin | ||
| Vetkoek ready made dough |  | You can use “Sonntags-brötchen“ that you buy in a tin, and use it exactly as you would the ready made dough, by frying it in oil |
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