Pastry Dough with Lard

Name: Pastry Dough with Lard
Ingredients: 1 cup lard (at room temperature); 1/2 cup hot water (have a pot of water boiling on the stovetop); 4 cups -- 3 Stutzman and 1 refined; Pinch of salt

1 cup lard (at room temperature)

1/2 cup hot water (have a pot of water boiling on the stovetop)

4 cups -- 3 Stutzman and 1 refined

Pinch of salt

Combine the dry.

First, combine flours in a bowl with your pinch of salt, and make a well. Set aside and work on the lard.

Melt the lard.

Draw a half cup of water from your pot of boiling water and mix it into your lard, stirring gently to melt it. If the lard is in a metal bowl, place it on top of the boiling pot of water so it heats it up gently. Stir every once in a while, scraping down around the sides of the bowl.

Knead the dough.

Let the lard water cool a bit, and then pour into the flour well and mix. Turn the mess out onto the table, and knead gently till it's one dough ball.

Let it rest.

Flatten into a disk, wrap in cellophane, and put it in the fridge to rest for at least a few hours.

CategoryBaking, Chef Parker Bosley, DessertsTags#dough, #flour, #lard, #pastries, #pastry, #pie, #pies

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