Butter And Shortening Pastry

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, chilled and cut into 1/4 inch cubes
• 1/2 cup shortening (8 t)
• 6 -8 tablespoons ice water

Recipe

• 1 mix flour, salt and sugar in a food processor fitted with steel blade.
• 2 scatter butter pieces over flour mixture. toss to coat butter with a little of the flour.
• 3 cut butter into the flour mixture with 5 one second pulses.
• 4 add shortening, a tablespoon at a time and cut into mixture with about 4 one second pulses.
• 5 the mixture should resemble coarse cornmeal, with butter bits no bigger than peas. turn out into a mixing bowl.
• 6 sprinkle 6 t of ice water over flour mixture.
• 7 using the blade of a rubber spatula, press down on the dough, using a folding motion, until the dough sticks together.
• 8 add up to 2 more t of ice water if the dough will not come together. do not over-knead the dough.
• 9 divide dough into 2 balls and flatten each into a 4 inch wide disk.
• 10 dust disks lightly with flour. wrap each in plastic and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or up to 2 days before rolling out.