Pie Crust!

[tancowgirl2000]

I was watching one of my daughters shows today and they do this little thing where a kid goes to the zoo ro dog trainer or cooking ro whatever. Anyways I actually learnt something from it!! When needing to cut the lard/butter into the flour use a cheese grater!! Man how much easier my life would have been had I thought of that earlier. I have never had a pastry cutter and always just used two butter knives!!! Now I have a hankering to build a pie...perhaps apple I think!!!

 

[pdswife]

Apple sounds good to me. I'll have it after I finish the French toast.
Have a good night!!

 

[Ishbel]

That's how I make my pastry!

 

[Constance]

Why didn't I ever think of that?!!
The Barefoot Contessa uses her food processor to make pie crust. Anyone here ever try doing it that way?

 

[Andy M.]

Why didn't I ever think of that?!!
The Barefoot Contessa uses her food processor to make pie crust. Anyone here ever try doing it that way?

I've done that. It works fine.

 

[marmalady]

Food processors work great - just don't over pulse it - 10-12 pulses usually does the trick.

And if you're grating your butter, make sure it's really cold to start with - even frozen works!

 

[jennyema]

IMO, the thing about using the food processor is that you don't get a real good feel for the amount of water that the dough needs, which is always somewhat different depending on humidity and the flour you are using.

I just have a better feel for that when I am using my hands.

But my food processor crust has come out pretty well most times, I do admit.

 

[KAYLINDA]

The only problem with the food processor for me is that I don't like cleaning the food processor! Just kidding....I have to make so many at one time I have to do them by hand.

 

[amcardon]

Every time I try to make a pie crust by hand it comes out aweful! My mother thought it apostasy to use the food processor for pie crust but I get a lot of compliments on my pie crusts when I make them in the food processor... I'm sold!