Butter Pastry

Directions

1. 1
   Sift flour and salt into a mixing bowl.
2. 2
   Cut butter into the flour with a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
3. 3
   Sprinkle on the ice water a little at a time, blending it quickly into the dough by gathering up the mixture, working it lightly with your fingers, then squeezing it together.
4. 4
   (Work fast as the mixture must stay cold.)