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Hot Water Crust Pastry
Prep. Time:
15 mins
Total Time:
30 mins
Serves:
Serves 12
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Ingredients
4 cups All Purpose flour
2 teaspoons salt
0.25 pints of water plus 4 tablespoons
0.25 cups lard (use Crisco shortening if you want to make a vegetarian dish)
0.25 cups European butter
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Instructions
Sift the salt and flour into the stand mixer. Make a well in the center.
In a pan, bring the water to the boil and throw in the butter and lard. Keep boiling until the fat melts and then turn on the mixer and pour in the fat and beat.
Tip the dough onto a floured board. The dough has a lot of gluten and deserves some decent kneading.
You can use this dough immediately (doesn't improve with resting) or refrigerate for a couple of days, or even freeze it.
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