Recipes Buttery Cornmeal Pastry 4.0 (6,184) Add your rating & review This recipe can easily be doubled. The cornmeal in the pastry gives it a lovely crumbly texture. Pie and Tart Recipes By Ashley Christensen Ashley Christensen A culinary celebrity, Ashley Christensen is an American chef, author, and restaurateur. Her hospitality group, AC Restaurants, operates Poole's Diner, Fox Liquor Bar, Beasley's Chicken + Honey, Death & Taxes, Poole'side Pies, and AC Events in Raleigh, North Carolina. Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Updated on June 19, 2015 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Active Time: 10 mins Total Time: 40 mins Yield: makes one 10-inch tart shell or 6 individual potpie crusts Ingredients 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons fine white cornmeal 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 stick (4 ounces) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes 1/4 cup ice water Directions In a food processor, pulse the flour with the cornmeal and salt. Add the butter and pulse until the size of small peas. Sprinkle with the water and pulse just until the pastry is evenly moistened. Transfer to a lightly floured board and pat into a disk. Wrap and refrigerate the pastry for 30 minutes. Make Ahead The pastry can be refrigerated overnight or frozen for 1 month. Serve With Duck Confit Potpie Rate it Print