You Can Do It Flaky Crust
- 1 cup unbleached all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup cake flour
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 5 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 3 tablespoons cold vegetable shortening cut into 3/4-inch pieces
- 3 1/2 to 4 tablespoons ice water
- To make the pastry in an electric mixer: In the large howl of an electric mixer on low speed, mix the flours, sugar, and salt for a few seconds to blend them.
- Stop the mixer, add the butter and shortening, then continue mixing just until the largest pieces are the size of small lima beans, about 20 seconds.
- They will not all be the same size, and you will still see loose flour.
- Slowly add the water, 1 tablespoon at a time.
- Stop mixing as soon as the mixture begins to hold together, about 20 seconds.
- The dough will form large clumps and pull away from the sides of the bowl, but will not form a ball.
- It is fine to stop the mixer at any time and squeeze a small piece of dough to check to see if it holds together.
- To make the pastry in a food processor: Put the flours, sugar, and salt in a food processor and pulse, several times to blend them.
- Add the butter pieces and shortening, pulsing just until the largest pieces are about 1/2 inch in size.
- Gradually add 3 tablespoons of the water and pulse, adding additional water just until the dough begins to come together in a mass but does not form a ball.
flour, cake flour, sugar, salt, cold unsalted butter, cold vegetable shortening, water
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/you-can-do-it-flaky-crust (may not work)