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Flaky Tart Pastry

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  • SERVINGS: MAKES ONE 13-INCH TART SHELL

This buttery pastry is easily doubled; shape the dough into 2 disks and freeze 1 of them for future use.

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Recipe: Flaky Tart Pastry

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Ingredients

  1. 1 cup all-purpose flour
  2. 1/4 teaspoon sugar
  3. Large pinch of salt
  4. 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into bits
  5. About 2 1/2 tablespoons ice water
  1. In a food processor, combine the flour, sugar and salt. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add 2 1/2 tablespoons of the water and pulse just until the pastry comes together; add more water if necessary. On a lightly floured surface, shape the pastry into a disk, wrap in plastic and refrigerate until chilled, about 30 minutes
Make Ahead The pastry can be refrigerated for up to 2 days or frozen for up to 1 month.
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