Pastry Crust Dough

Name: Pastry Crust Dough
Ingredients: 2 cups unbleached all purpose flour; 1/3 cup sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon grated orange peel; 1 cup (2 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 3 large egg yolks, beaten to blend

6 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

2 cups unbleached all purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon grated orange peel
1 cup (2 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
3 large egg yolks, beaten to blend

Directions

1

Mix first 4 ingredients in large bowl.
2

Add butter; rub in with fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal.
3

Add yolks; mix with fork until dough begins to clump together.
4

Shape dough into 6 balls for Walnut Tartlets, 2 balls for Apple Galette or 1 ball for Apricot Tart.
5

Flatten ball(s) into disk(s); wrap in plastic.
6

Chill 30 minutes.
7

(Can be made 2 days ahead.
8

Keep chilled.
9

Let dough soften slightly at room temperature before rolling out.)