Pastry

Name: Pastry
Yield: Yield: about ¾ pound Pastry.
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ½ cup solid white vegetable shortening; 4 tablespoons cold butter, cut into small cubes; 2 to 3 tablespoons ice water; 1 teaspoon salt, optional; 2 cups flour

Preparation info

Yield: about
¾ pound
Pastry.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt, optional
½ cup

Americas
United States
Starter
Vegetarian

Method

Combine the flour, salt, shortening, and butter in a mixing bowl and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.
Using the fingers, quickly blend the ingredients until they have the consistency of coarse cornmeal.
Add the water a little at a time, tossing the mixture with the tines of a fork. Take care to add only enough water so that the pastry can be gath