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Title: Fully Baked Pastry Shell
Categories:
Yield: 1 Crust
1 1/2 c Flour
3 tb Sugar
1/8 ts Salt
1/2 c Unsalted butter; cut in
.. eight pieces and well
.. chilled
2 tb Crisco; chilled
3 tb Ice water
Combine flour, sugar and salt in food processor.
Pulse to blend. Add the butter and shortening.
Pulse-chop until mixture resembles cornmeal,
pulsing no more than 10 times. Drizzle water over,
cover and pulse no more than 7 times until mixture
comes together. Flatten into a disk, wrap and
chill at least an hour.
Roll dough out to 12 inch circle. Fit shell into
required size pan, chill for 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 425°. Line pan with tin foil or
parchment paper; fill with raw rice and/or beans
to weight.
Bake until set, about 8 minutes. Remove rice and
foil, bake another 12 to 15 minutes until golden
brown.
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