Countdown #1 Best Pie Crust Ever

Name: Countdown #1 Best Pie Crust Ever
Prep time: 2 h 10 min
Cook time: 2 h 10 min
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 4 Tbsps (or more) ice water; 1 teaspoons salt; 3 Tbsps solid vegetable shortening, chilled, cut into small pieces; 1 Tbsp sugar; 6 Tbsps unsalted butter, chilled, cut into small pieces

Countdown #1 Best Pie Crust Ever might be just the crust you are searching for. This vegetarian recipe serves 1. One portion of this dish contains around 20g of protein, 108g of fat, and a total of 1671 calories. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes. Head to the store and pick up sugar, ice water, salt, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Blend the flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor.

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Food Processor

Add the butter and shortening; pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal.

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Shortening

Butter

Drizzle 4 tablespoons ice water over the mixture. Process just until moist clumps form, adding more ice water by teaspoonfuls if dough is dry. Gather the dough into a ball and flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic. Chill 1 hour. Use the dough with your favorite pie recipe.

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Water

Dough

Wrap

Roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface into a 14-inch round.

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Dough

Roll

Transfer the dough to a 9-inch diameter glass pie dish. Fold the overhang under. Crimp the edges decoratively. Pierce the bottom of the crust all over with a fork. Freeze the crust for 15 minutes. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep frozen.)

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Crust

Dough

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Pie Form

For recipes that call for a pre-baked pie crust: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line the crust with aluminum foil. Fill with pie weights or dried beans.

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Dried Beans

Pie Crust

Crust

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

Bake for 20 minutes.

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Oven

Remove the weights and foil.

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Aluminum Foil

Bake until golden and set, about 10 minutes. Cool. (Crust can be made 1 day ahead. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap.

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Crust

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Oven

Let stand at room temperature.)

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Servings:

355milliliters

all-purpose flour 4Tbsps

(or more) ice water 1teaspoons

salt 3Tbsps

solid vegetable shortening, chilled, cut into small pieces 1Tbsp

sugar 6Tbsps

unsalted butter, chilled, cut into small pieces

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern works really well with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try J.J. Prum Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.2 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 56 dollars per bottle.