Flaky Pastry
- 2 cups flour
- 2/3 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup shortening
- Scant 2/3 cup ice cold water
Sift together the flour and salt. Chop in the shortening with a knife and mix to a dough with the water.
Turn onto a flour-covered surface and roll, roll, roll into a long strip. Fold evenly in 3 layers. Turn the dough half around on the board and roll, roll, roll a second time, repeating the folding and roll, roll, rolling once more. It is this folding and roll, roll, rolling which makes the "flakes" in the finished pastry.
Turn onto a flour-covered surface and roll, roll, roll into a long strip. Fold evenly in 3 layers. Turn the dough half around on the board and roll, roll, roll a second time, repeating the folding and roll, roll, rolling once more. It is this folding and roll, roll, rolling which makes the "flakes" in the finished pastry.
Submitted by Mar 27, 2010
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