Easy Cornmeal Crust
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, cold
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 1/2 cup cornmeal
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 to 3 tablespoons ice water
- Cut the butter into cubes and freeze them while you measure and mix the dry ingredients.
- To make the dough in a food processor: Combine the flour, cornmeal, sugar, and salt in the processor and pulse three to four times to mix.
- Retrieve the buter cubes from the freezer, scatter them over the flour mixture and pulse until the mixture forms pea-size clumps.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and 2 tablespoons of the ice water.
- Drizzle the yolk mixture into the flour mixture and pulse just until the dough holds together.
- If it does not come together add the last tablespoon of ice water and pulse.
- Turn the dough out onto a clean floured work surface.
- Gather the dough together in a mound and knead it a few times to smooth it out.
- Divide it in half and gently pat and press each half into a rough rectangle, circle or square about 1 inch thick.
- Wrap in plastic wrap or parchment paper and refrigerate for 2 hours, up to 2 days.
- Roll out, cut, shape and fill the dough and bake the pies accordingly.
- For free form pies preheat the oven to 375 degrees and bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
- For structured pies bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes
unsalted butter, flour, cornmeal, sugar, kosher salt, egg yolks, water
Taken from www.foodrepublic.com/recipes/easy-cornmeal-crust-recipe/ (may not work)