"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 14:46:55 -0500, Janet Wilder
> > wrote:
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>> On 4/16/2011 1:48 PM, sf wrote:
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>> > Have you ever made pie crust in the food processor? I freeze or at
>> > least partially freeze the butter first anyway. Same with biscuits,
>> > use the FP to cut in the butter and they turn out fantastic.
>> >
>>
>> Do you have a recipe for this method? I haven't had a full-sized FP for
>> a while and someone just gave me one.

Ina Garten's recipe is the best I've made.

Ingredients

12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) very cold unsalted butter
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1/3 cup very cold vegetable shortening
6 to 8 tablespoons (about 1/2 cup) ice water
Directions

Dice the butter and return it to the refrigerator while you prepare the
flour mixture. Place the flour, salt, and sugar in the bowl of a food
processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse a few times to mix. Add the
butter and shortening. Pulse 8 to 12 times, until the butter is the size of
peas. With the machine running, pour the ice water down the feed tube and
pulse the machine until the dough begins to form a ball. Dump out on a
floured board and roll into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for
30 minutes.

Cut the dough in half. Roll each piece on a well-floured board into a
circle, rolling from the center to the edge, turning and flouring the dough
to make sure it doesn't stick to the board. Fold the dough in half, place in
a pie pan, and unfold to fit the pan. Repeat with the top crust.


Cheri