How to make pie crust – Pie crust recipe

www.howdini.com How to make pie crust – Pie crust recipe Whoever coined the phrase “easy as pie” probably didn’t make pie crusts from scratch. But if you follow the instructions from Chef Scott Cutaneo, the highly acclaimed chef-proprietor of the four-diamond (AAA) Le Petit Chateau in Bernardsville, NJ, you’ll make a pie crust that is flaky and beautiful. Recipe: How to make a pie crust Gather your ingredients and tools: * 1 cup all-purpose flour * 4 ounces cold butter * ¼ cup ice water * ½ teaspoon salt * ½ teaspoon sugar * Fork * Rolling pin * Pie plate Making the pie crust: 1. Mix the dry ingredients (salt, sugar and flour) together. You can do this in a bowl, or a mixer, but ideally on a marble surface. (Marble is best because it keeps the ingredients cold, and cold ingredients are the key to producing a tender, flaky pie crust.) 2. Place the mixed dry ingredients in the center of your preparation surface. 3. Dice the butter into small pieces and cut it into the dry mixture with a fork to ensure that you make a flaky pie crust. (Cut into means to work the butter into the dry ingredients by pulling a fork across the butter and dry ingredients, breaking the butter up into smaller and smaller pieces until the texture of the mixture is like corn meal.) Its important to cut in the butter quickly so that it does not melt. The pieces of butter should be no larger than the size of a pea. 4. Gather the pie crust mixture into the center of your preparation surface and create a …
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