French Short Pastry recipe

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Ingredients

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
⅛ teaspoon salt
½ cup unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
6 tablespoons ice water

Nutrition Info

149.6 calories
carbohydrate: 14.3 g
cholesterol: 24.4 mg
fat: 9.4 g
fiber: 0.5 g
protein: 2 g
saturatedFat: 5.9 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 31 mg
sugar: 0.1 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. 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.

  2. 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).

  3. 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.

Recipe Yield

1 - 10 inch pie shell

Recipe Note

This recipe was given to me by a woman that makes savory tarts in a small town in the south of France. I found her crust and process to be the most delicious, simple and logical of all the crusts I've ever made.

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