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Making Pie Pastry
Preparation info
- Makes a
10 in
tart shell - Difficulty
Easy
Appears in
By Anne Willan
Published 1989
When making pie pastry, it is important that the fat is chilled so that it remains firm during mixing.
Ingredients
2 cups 250 g 1 tsp
Method
- Sift the flour with the salt, and sugar if using, into a bowl. Add the butter and shortening and cut into small pieces with a pastry cutter or two knives, using one in each hand. Rub with your fingertips until the mixture forms fine crumbs, lifting and crumbling to help aerate it.
- Make a well in the center of the mixture, add egg yolk if using, and water. Mix q