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French Short Pastry

French Short Pastry Ingredients: wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched salt, table butter, without salt water, bottled, generic Directions: In a food processor, mix together flour and salt. Add butter, and proce...

French Short Pastry

Ingredients:
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
salt, table
butter, without salt
water, bottled, generic

Directions:
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.
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).
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.