Lard Pastry Dough

Name: Lard Pastry Dough
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 7 ounces (200 g) cold leaf lard, cut into ½-inch (12-mm) pieces; Extra flour, for rolling; 2¼ loosely filled cups (270 g) pastry flour; ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons (90 ml) boiling water; 1¼ teaspoons salt; 2½ teaspoons sugar

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pie for Everyone

By Petra Paredez

Published 2020

About

This recipe is ideal for savory pies, where you can counterbalance its richness with a brightly dressed salad or slaw. It also makes an interesting contrast to a tart apple filling.

Ingredients

2½ teaspoons sugar
1¼ teaspoons salt
¼ cup plu

Americas
United States
Pie
New York

Method

See for instructions for three different methods for making dough.