Pastry for Savory Tarts

Name: Pastry for Savory Tarts
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Makes enough for an 8- to 10-inch tart
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon salt; 1½ cups unbleached flour, plus more for rolling; 8 tablespoons (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into about 8 pieces, or ½ cup extra virgin olive oil, or a combination; 8 tablespoons (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into about 8 pieces, or ½ cup extra virgin olive oil, or a combination

Preparation info

Makes enough for an
8- to 10 inch
tart

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

The Best Recipes in the World

By Mark Bittman

Published 2005

About

A pastry suitable for any pie, though for desserts I would go with the Sweet Tart Pastry. Here you can use olive oil in place of butter, with quite good results. The keys to easy success: use a food processor and chill the dough before rolling it out.

Ingredients

1½ cups unbleached flour, plus more for rolling
½ teaspoon salt
8

Pastry
Dessert
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Combine the flour and salt in a food processor and pulse once or twice. Add the butter or oil all at once; process until the mixture is uniform, about 10 seconds (do not overprocess).
Put the mixture in a bowl and add 3 tablespoons ice water; mix with your hands unt