Flaky pastry
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2¼ | cup | Flour |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ¼ | cup | Cold unsalted butter, cut |
| Into bits | ||
| ½ | cup | Cold vegetable shortening, |
| Cut into bits | ||
| ¼ | cup | Ice water |
| 1 | Egg lightly beaten with 1 | |
| TB water, for egg wash | ||
Directions
Into a mixing bowl sift flour and salt. Add butter and shortening and blend with a pastry blender or fingertips until it resembles coarse meal. Add water, stirring with a fork until dough comes together. If too dry, add a little more water. Gather dough into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap and flatten into a disk. Chill at least 30 minutes, or may be prepared a day ahead.
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