Pate Brisee

Total Time: 24 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 4 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter (very cold cut into 12 pieces)
• 3 -4 tablespoons ice cold water

Recipe

• 1 in large bowl or food processor mix flour and salt.
• 2 working fast cut butter into flour with a pastry blender, two knives or the food processor until particles are pea sized.
• 3 add 1 tbsp water at a time, using a tossing motion to mix, until particles can be gathered into a ball.
• 4 flatten dough into aprox 4 1/2 inch pancake.
• 5 cover with plastic wrap and chill one hour or up to 3 days (or freeze 30 minutes).
• 6 roll chilled dough into a 1/4 inch thick 12 in diameter circle.
• 7 using a cookie cutter (3 inch x 2 inch) cut out 12 large pieces.
• 8 place shapes in a circle on a piece of double wax paper.
• 9 prick with fork every 1/2 inch.
• 10 microwave on high for 3 1/2 - 4 minutes until opaque and dry, but not browned; rotate paper halfway through cooking.
• 11 remove from microwave and cool on cooling rack.