Pastry
 
 
This will make enough pastry for the top and bottom of a large pie, or three shells if small.
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Recipe type: dessert
Serves: 2-3 crusts
Ingredients
  • 4 oz butter, chilled
  • 2 oz shortening. chilled
  • 2 oz lard, chilled
  • 3 cups flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1-2 Tbsp sugar (if a sweet pie)
  • ice water
Instructions
  1. Mix flour, salt and sugar (if sweet pastry) in a bowl.
  2. Cut fats into small pieces and add to the bowl
  3. Rub the fats into the flour with your finger tips until it resembles crumbs with a few larger pieces. Mostly everything should be smaller than a pea.
  4. Add the iced water to the mixture a few tablespoons at a time, mix gently just until most of it is coming together in large lumps.
  5. Form into two discs, wrap in plastic and stick in the fridge for an hour or two.
  6. It freezes quite well, just defrost in the fridge before you want to use it.
Recipe by From Here to There at https://blog.garritys.org/2015/08/blueberry-peach-pie.html