Why didn't my pastry puff in the middle?

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What did I do wrong here with these steak pies?

Last couple of times I did what the packaging told me - 180C, but the pastry hardly puffed at all. Today I started the oven at 200C and got some nice puffing round the edges, but the middle is flat and colourless. I'm using Borg ready made puff pastry sheets which I defrosted in the fridge and (as the packaging says) took out of the fridge 5 mins before baking when I cut it into shapes and laid it over the fillings. I used a light egg wash.

I wonder if it's because my filling was too cold and that's where the pastry is touching it?

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If only they could assimilate me so I can share their collective knowledge on pastry technology...

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vernplum said:
What did I do

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I think it is the brand. We get it in Australia as well. We've had issues with it as well and given up with it and switched brands.

Edited to add: My OH was peering over my shoulder and said "is that borg?" and to say "tell him to just change brand"
 
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
I think it is the brand. We get it in Australia as well. We've had issues with it as well and given up with it and switched brands.

Edited to add: My OH was peering over my shoulder and said "is that borg?" and to say "tell him to just change brand"
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Nuts. The stuff ain't cheap (7 sheets for about USD $10 here) and I've still got 5 sheets left!
 
vernplum said:
Nuts. The stuff ain't cheap (7 sheets for about USD $10 here) and I've still got 5 sheets left!
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Well for the remaining 5 sheets, let the filling come to room temperature and then give it a go to see if it makes a difference. Also have you checked your oven temperature? I put a thermometer in mine when I started baking a lot and found out it's 15 degrees cooler (F) than what it's supposed to when I set it.
 
vernplum said:
Nuts. The stuff ain't cheap (7 sheets for about USD $10 here) and I've still got 5 sheets left!
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Yeah, we had a much larger quantity left, but it's crap. So we just have it to the chooks. They loved it. It's just not worth worrying about at the end of the day. Nothing we've tried has worked except changing brand.

It's AU$9 for 12 sheets here thankfully.
 
JAS_OH1 said:
Well for the remaining 5 sheets, let the filling come to room temperature and then give it a go to see if it makes a difference. Also have you checked your oven temperature? I put a thermometer in mine when I started baking a lot and found out it's 15 degrees cooler (F) than what it's supposed to when I set it.
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That's what I'll try next time.

Also, yes, I raised the temp by 20c this time round as it wasn't puffing at 180. I reckon my oven is also colder than it says on the dial.
 
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