Episode 36: Pastry


PASTRY

1 cup of cold unsalted butter, cubed
2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
¼ cup sugar
1/3 teaspoon salt
2 large egg yolks
3 tablespoons ice water

Add the flour, sugar, salt and butter to a food processor and pulse till you get a mixture that looks like coarse meal (of course I’ve never seen coarse meal before, so just pulse for a while till it gets to look okay, you’ll know what to do)

Whisk the egg yolks and ice water together in a small bowl and add to the food processor. Pulse again till everything is nicely incorporated.

Remove the dough from the processor with your hands or a spatchula and roll into a nice ball.

Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for at leastn 1 hour.

Makes enough dough for 1 regular pie.

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