Pate Brisee

"A versatile pastry for sweet and savoury pies and tarts."
 
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Ready In:
15mins
Ingredients:
5
Yields:
1 tart shell
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ingredients

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directions

  • Put flour into mixing bowl.
  • Add butter and sugar and salt.
  • With hands, break butter into flour.
  • The bits of flour should remain visible as pea-size bits throughout the flour.
  • Add enough water and knead just enough for the ingredients to hold together.
  • Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm.

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Reviews

  1. Used this for Evelyn's own Squash, Apple and Onion Tart (#61126). Very easy to make--indeed, I just used my hands, threw it in the fridge and rolled it out. No fuss, not very much muss, and very tasty (the dough is--I haven't actually cooked it since I froze the tart for later cooking.) thanks for another terrific recipe, evelyn!!
     
  2. I had a little trouble with this recipe, even without the water the dough was too soft, so i didn't bother to knead it and just pressed it into the pan and stuck it into the fridge. It could just be that it was a really hot and humid day here. It still tasted great though. Thanks!
     
  3. Very easy pastry to make. I liked the texture. I'll be using this one again. Thank you
     
  4. This was good! I had alittle bit of trouble baking it and after about 15 minutes, there we a whole lot of bubbles so I took it out of the oven.(It could have been me who caused that, I am new to making pies) I also used Butterscotch Pie Recipe #85314 for the filling! Thanks for the recipe!
     
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