Basic Easy Crust Recipe - Cooking Index
Basic Easy Crust Recipe - Cooking Index
| 3 cups | 187g / 6.6oz | All-purpose flour |
| 1 teaspoon | 5ml | Salt |
| 1/2 cup | 99g / 3.5oz | Margarine |
| 1/2 cup | 118ml | Crisco |
| 1 | Egg | |
| 1 tablespoon | 15ml | White vinegar |
| 3 tablespoons | 45ml | Ice water - (to 4 tbs) |
In a medium-size bowl stir the flour and salt together. Cut in the shortenings using a pastry blender. Keep working the flour and shortenings until the mixture is rather grainy, like coarse cornmeal.
In a small bowl mix the egg and vinegar together and, using a wooden fork, stir the mixture into the flour. Add enough ice water so that the dough barely holds together.
Place on a marble pastry board or a plastic countertop and knead for just a few turns, enough so the dough holds together and becomes rollable. I roll my dough out on waxed paper. It is easy to handle that way.
If you have a marble rolling pin this will be easy. If you use a wooden one be sure to dust a teaspoon of flour on it a couple of times when you are rolling the dough.
Note: If you wish to use this recipe for a sweet pie simply stir in 1 tablespoon of sugar along with the flour and salt.
Source:
THE FRUGAL GOURMET by Jeff Smith
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