Pâte Brisée

A basic pie crust made with butter.

In a food processor mix:

1 1/2cups flour
1/2teaspoons salt

Add:

1/2cup unsalted butter, cold, cut into pieces

and process with repeated pulses until it resembles coarse meal.

With the machine running slowly add through the feed tube:

approx. 1/4cup ice water

and mix till the dough pulls away from the side of bowl.

Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before using.


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