Flaky Pastry

Name: Flaky Pastry
Ingredients: ⅓ cup sugar; 9 tablespoons unsalted butter, frozen; 8 ounces (about 2 cups) sifted pastry or all-purpose flour; 8 ounces (about 2 cups) sifted pastry or all-purpose flour; 1 egg; Pinch of salt; 2 teaspoons finely crushed fennel or anise seeds; 2 teaspoons finely crushed fennel or anise seeds

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Slow Mediterranean Kitchen

By Paula Wolfert

Published 2003

About

For the best crust, use one of the following: King Arthur’s Italian-style; Arrowhead’s wholewheat pastry flour; White Lily unbleached all-purpose flour.

Ingredients

9 tablespoons unsalted butter, frozen
⅓ cup sugar
2 teaspoons<

Pastry
Vegetarian

Method

Grate the frozen butter in a food processor. Add the sugar, fennel seeds, and a pinch of salt and pulse 4 or 5 times. Add the egg and pulse 2 to 3 times to combine.
Add the flour and pulse until crumbly, 3 or 4 times. Dump into a plastic bag, seal, and press the mixture to form a dough, adding 1 tablespoon water if necessary. Chill for 1 hour; form into a flattene