Mary's Pie Crust

Title:
Mary's Pie Crust

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Family,
Pastry




Ingredients:





 1 1/2 c  Flour


   3/4 ts Salt


   1/2 c  Lard; *very* cold*


     3 tb Ice water






 * can substitute Crisco for lard


 


 Combine flour, salt and lard with pastry blender. Add ice water stirring


 with knife until mixed. Place half the dough in the fridge and the other


 half on the floured bread board and roll out until it's slightly larger


 than the pie pan. Carefully fold into fourths. Place the tip of the pastry


 in the very center of the pie plate and gently unfold the pastry. It should


 overlap the pie pan by about 1" all the way around. Add pie filling and


 roll out the top crust. Fold the bottom crust over the edge of the top


 crust and press together all the way around, fluting as you go. Bake


 according to directions of the pie filling. PIE SHELL After rolling out the


 first half of the dough, place it in a warm pie pan that has a moistened


 rim. Press the dough gently into the shape of the pie pan and flute the


 edges. Prick the pastry all over with a fork and bake at 450 degrees for


 15-20 minutes. You need to watch this carefully, as the pastry will burn


 very quickly.


 


 Me ke aloha, Mary


 


 NOTES : E hele mai oukou e ai!  (Come and eat!)


 


 Recipe by: Mary Spero


 


 Posted to TNT Recipes Digest by MarySpero@prodigy.com (MS MARY E SPERO) on


 Mar 13, 1998