Butter Pastry Dough
Serves: 2
Luisa Champlin
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
57
Spice
48
Sweetness
44
Sourness
43
mins
Prep time (avg)
5.3
Difficulty
Ingredients:
1.5 cups
All-Purpose Flour1 tsp
SaltDirections:
1
In a large bowl whisk together flour and salt and with a pastry blender or your fingertips blend in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal
2
Add ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with a fork to incorporate, until mixture begins to form a dough
3
On a floured work surface smear dough in 3 or 4 forward motions with heel of hand to slightly develop gluten in flour and make dough easier to work with
4
Form dough into a ball and flatten to form a disk
5
Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill in 1 hour
6
Dough may be made 1 week ahead and chilled
7
In a large bowl whisk together flour and salt and with a pastry blender or your fingertips blend in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal
8
Add ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with a fork to incorporate, until mixture begins to form a dough
9
On a floured work surface smear dough in 3 or 4 forward motions with heel of hand to slightly develop gluten in flour and make dough easier to work with
10
Form dough into a ball and flatten to form a disk
11
Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill in 1 hour
12
Dough may be made 1 week ahead and chilled