Dough for One-Crust Pie
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 cup butter, chilled
- 1/4 cup lard, chilled
- 3 to 4 tablespoons ice water
- Toss the flour and salt into the workbowl of a food processor and pulse a couple of times to combine.
- Cut the butter into 1/4-inch cubes and sprinkle them over the flour in the workbowl.
- Add the lard in 2 or 3 pieces.
- Process with 15 rapid on-off pulses or just til the biggest lumps of flour-covered fat are no bigger than a few small peas.
- Add 3 tablespoons of ice water through the feed tube and pulse 5 times.
- Feel the dough and makesure its just damp enough to hold together when you squeeze a bit in your hand.
- If not, add the last tablespoon of water and pulse 5 more times.
- The dough will be loose and ragged (dont overprocess it into a ball).
- Dump the dough out onto a work surface.
- Push the dough with the heel of your hand 2 or 3 times to flatten out some of the lumps of fat.
- Then gather the dough into a ball.
- Flour the work surface and roll the dough out with a floured rolling pin into a circle 12 1/2 inches in diameter.
- Fold the dough in half and put it into a 9-inch pie pan.
- Unfold it and press it into the pan, trimming the edges if you need to.
- Roll the edge under and shape a high fluted edge all around.
- Toss the finished pie shell into the freezer to chill while making the filling.
flour, kosher salt, butter, lard, water
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/dough-for-one-crust-pie-389215 (may not work)