Egg Pastry

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup very cold butter
• 1/2 cup very cold margarine
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice or 2 teaspoons vinegar
• 1 egg
• ice cold water

Recipe

• 1 put flour and salt in the bowl of a food processor and pulse a few times to mix well.
• 2 with the motor off, cut in the cold butter and margarine.
• 3 pulse until the fats are in about 1/4 inch pieces.
• 4 put the lemon juice or vinegar and the egg, beaten into a measuring cup and add enough ice water to make 1/2 cup.
• 5 start your processor and feed water in a slow stream through the tube.
• 6 watch what your doing as you may not need all the liquid, because as soon as the dough begins to gather together stop the machine.
• 7 the dough does not have to form a ball but it should be soft and silken.
• 8 turn dough out onto waxed paper, form into two balls, wrap and chill for 30 minutes.