Flaky Pastry
Flaky Pastry
Photography by Matthew Kimura
Ingredients
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup cold butter , cubed1 cup cold butter, cubed
- 1/3 cup Ice water 1/3 cup Ice water
Preparation
In bowl, whisk flour with salt. With pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in butter until in coarse crumbs with a few larger pieces. Stirring briskly with fork, drizzle ice water over flour mixture until pastry holds together, if necessary sprinkling dry spots with more water, 1 tbsp (15 mL) at a time, until pastry holds together. Divide in half; press into discs. (Make-ahead: Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate for up to 3 days or enclose in airtight container and freeze for up to 2 weeks. Let come to room temperature before rolling out.)
Source : Canadian Living Magazine: July 2004
- Keywords : Dessert; Flour; Butter; Make-Ahead;
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