Pate Pastry Dough

6 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 cup butter, cold
  • 3/4 cup lard, cold
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 4 to 5 tablespoons ice cold water

Directions

  1. 1
    In a mixing bowl, combine the flour and salt.
  2. 2
    Mix well.
  3. 3
    Add the butter and the lard and mix until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  4. 4
    Add the egg and the water and let sit for 1 minute.
  5. 5
    Either using a fork or your hands, carefully press the mixture together to form a soft ball.
  6. 6
    Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
  7. 7
    Remove the dough from the refrigerator and place it on a lightly floured surface.
  8. 8
    Roll out the dough, on a floured surface, into a rectangle 25 to 20 inches in diameter and 1/8-inch thick.
  9. 9
    Gently fold the dough in half and then in half again so that you can lift it without tearing it, and unfold into a 12 by 3 1/2 by 2 1/2-inch earthenware terrine mold

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