Ball of Dough
This is the basic pastry dough that tends to get used for both sweet and savoury pies as well as many other baked goods. It has few ingredients, is simple to throw together quickly, and is easy to work with. All things that I consider great virtues when staring dinner preparations in the face!
Ball of Dough
1kg flour
375g cold butter
300-375mL cold water
Cut butter into flour. The butter should be well broken up and the flour should start forming into pea-sized chunks. Start adding cold water a small amount at a time. For smaller batches of dough, I normally add the water about a tablespoon (15mL) at a time. When making a larger batch like this, adding the water in 1/4 c. increments probably makes more sense.
Continue adding water and mixing dough until it holds together in a neat ball. If it starts getting sticky, you've added too much liquid and may need to work in a little more flour to get a good consistency. Once the desired texture is reached, dough is ready to be shaped, rolled out, or saved for future use.
As you can see from looking at the weights and volumes called for, recipe as written, this makes a very large batch of dough. I wanted enough to make several things, so I intentionally made a lot. This recipe can easily be scaled up or down depending on your needs.
Ball of Dough
1kg flour
375g cold butter
300-375mL cold water
Cut butter into flour. The butter should be well broken up and the flour should start forming into pea-sized chunks. Start adding cold water a small amount at a time. For smaller batches of dough, I normally add the water about a tablespoon (15mL) at a time. When making a larger batch like this, adding the water in 1/4 c. increments probably makes more sense.
Continue adding water and mixing dough until it holds together in a neat ball. If it starts getting sticky, you've added too much liquid and may need to work in a little more flour to get a good consistency. Once the desired texture is reached, dough is ready to be shaped, rolled out, or saved for future use.
As you can see from looking at the weights and volumes called for, recipe as written, this makes a very large batch of dough. I wanted enough to make several things, so I intentionally made a lot. This recipe can easily be scaled up or down depending on your needs.
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