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Butter Pastry Dough (Gourmet Magazine)
Butter Pastry Dough (Gourmet Magazine) Ingredients: wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched salt, table butter, without salt water, bottled, generic Directions: In a large bowl whisk together flour and salt and wi...
Butter Pastry Dough (Gourmet Magazine)
Ingredients:
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
salt, table
butter, without salt
water, bottled, generic
Directions:
In a large bowl whisk together flour and salt and with a pastry blender or fingertips blend in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Add ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with a fork to incorporate, until mixture begins to form a dough.
On a 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.
Form dough into a ball and flatten to form a disk.
Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill 1 hour.
Pastry dough may be made 1 week ahead and chilled.
Ingredients:
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
salt, table
butter, without salt
water, bottled, generic
Directions:
In a large bowl whisk together flour and salt and with a pastry blender or fingertips blend in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Add ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with a fork to incorporate, until mixture begins to form a dough.
On a 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.
Form dough into a ball and flatten to form a disk.
Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill 1 hour.
Pastry dough may be made 1 week ahead and chilled.