Description
Bake sweet and savory pies effortlessly with this reliable, versatile, and tasty pie crust recipe.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 dl all-purpose wheat flour
- for the salty pie crust: 0.25 teaspoons of salt
- for the sweet pie base: 2 tablespoons of sugar
- 150 g of refrigerator-cold margarine
- 1 – 2 tablespoons of cold water
Instructions
- Measure the flour into a bowl.
- Add salt OR sugar, depending on whether you are making savory or sweet pie dough. Mix well.
- Add refrigerator-cold margarine about a tablespoon at a time. Avoid handling the margarine with your hands to prevent it from melting.
- Cut the dough using two kitchen knives until it becomes evenly crumbly.
- Add cold water one tablespoon at a time, and after each addition, use a knife to rotate the dough clockwise. Stop adding water as soon as the dough starts to form a loose ball.
- Place the dough into a plastic bag and gently press it from the outside to shape it into a round disc.
- Chill the dough disc either in the refrigerator for 30 minutes or in the freezer for 10 minutes before use.
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius (or 400 F).
- Roll out the dough into a thin sheet and use a pie pan to measure the correct size.
- Carefully transfer the sheet of dough to the pie pan (refer to instructions and photo above).
- Press the sheet of dough onto the bottom of the pan and trim any excess dough from the edges.
- Shape the edges of the pie dough, such as by crimping (refer to instructions and picture above).
- If you want to pre-bake the pie crust, support the edges with foil and bake the pie crust in the oven for 10 minutes.
- Remove the foil, add the filling, and continue baking. Bake the pie crust for a total of 25-30 minutes; if you are pre-baking the pie crust, subtract the pre-baking time from the total baking time.
- Prep Time: 10
- Resting time: 30
- Category: baking
- Method: in the oven
- Cuisine: General
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