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Recipe: Best Ever Pie Pastry
Similar Categories: Best, Ever, Pie, Pastry
two 9-inch crusts
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup chilled shortening
1/4 cup chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
6 to 7 tablespoons ice water
1. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour and salt.Cut in the shortening
and butter with a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse
cornmeal. Sprinkle with ice water 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing with a
fork, until the pastry just holds together to form a dough.
2. Divide the dough in half. Shape each half into a ball, enclose in plastic
wrap, and refrigerate overnight or for at least 2 hours.
3. Remove dough from refrigerator. If it is very cold, allow to staJld at
room temperature for a few minutes before rolling. On a lightly floured
surface, roll out the dough with a floured rolling pin to make a disk about
12 inches in diameter. Drape over the rolling pin and transfer to a 9-inch
pie plate. Press pastry gently to line the pan but do not stretch it.
4. Reflour the rolling pin and the rolling surface and roll out the
remaining dough to make another disk about 12 inches in diameter for the top
crust. Proceed as directed in your particular pie recipe.
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup chilled shortening
1/4 cup chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
6 to 7 tablespoons ice water
1. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour and salt.Cut in the shortening
and butter with a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse
cornmeal. Sprinkle with ice water 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing with a
fork, until the pastry just holds together to form a dough.
2. Divide the dough in half. Shape each half into a ball, enclose in plastic
wrap, and refrigerate overnight or for at least 2 hours.
3. Remove dough from refrigerator. If it is very cold, allow to staJld at
room temperature for a few minutes before rolling. On a lightly floured
surface, roll out the dough with a floured rolling pin to make a disk about
12 inches in diameter. Drape over the rolling pin and transfer to a 9-inch
pie plate. Press pastry gently to line the pan but do not stretch it.
4. Reflour the rolling pin and the rolling surface and roll out the
remaining dough to make another disk about 12 inches in diameter for the top
crust. Proceed as directed in your particular pie recipe.
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