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Recipe French Short Pastry (Pie)
Home Cooking Recipes
Required Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
- 6 tablespoons ice water
Preparing/Cooking:
- In a food processor, mix together flour and salt.
- Add butter, and process until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Add water 1 tablespoon at a time.
- Pulse briefly until dough begins to form in clumps.
- Remove dough from processor onto a floured surface, and form into a ball.
- Allow dough to rest at room temperature for 30 to 45 minutes before rolling out.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to fit pie pan.
- Place in pan, and crimp edge.
- Prick the bottom of dough several times with a fork.
- Place in freezer for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
- Fill crust with beans, or use pie weights.
- Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes.
- Remove pie weights, and bake another 5 minutes.
- If necessary, cover with foil to prevent overbrowning.
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