Butter Pastry

Name: Butter Pastry
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups (210 grams) unsifted all purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 6 ounces (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, chilled; 5 to 7 tablespoons ice water; One 12-x-15 1/2-x- 1/2-inch baking sheet or 12-inch pizza pan

5 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups (210 grams) unsifted all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 ounces (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, chilled
5 to 7 tablespoons ice water
One 12-x-15 1/2-x- 1/2-inch baking sheet or 12-inch pizza pan

Directions

1

Making the Dough: Prepare Butter Pastry following the directions for Classic Piecrust with the following difference:
2

Increase the amount of butter as indicated, eliminating solid shortening completely.
3

Cut the butter into the flour mixture until butter fragments range in size from that of bread crumbs to that of small peas.
4

Wrap in plastic, shape dough into a disk, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.