Pate' Brisee- French Style Tart Dough
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 lb cake flour, plus
- 2 ounces cake flour, sifted
- 9 ounces butter
- 2⁄3 ounce salt
- 1 ounce sugar
- 1 egg
- 3 1⁄2 ounces water
directions
- Blend the cake flour and butter until pea size lumps form.
- Add the remaining ingredients and process just until liquids are incorporated.
- Form into ball and chill the dough before rolling out.
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Reviews
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This is excellent dough. I used half of it for evelyn/athens' recipe #107295, and have the other half in the fridge awaiting inspiration I know the recipe says four servings--I have enough for two large tarts). The use of cake flour really does make a very tender dough which browned beautifully, was flaky, sliced smoothly without cracking. For anyone without a scale, one pound of cake flour is roughly three and a half cups by volume.
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