Savoury short crust pastry

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This just works when using my food processor. This makes pastry and lines an 8" flan dish ready for the rest of the recipe.

Savoury short crust pastry

Ingredients

(Note this is mixed units but this makes exactly the right amount of pastry for my flan dish! We have 2 parts flour to 1 part fat.)

• 5oz plain flour.
• 1.25oz lard.
• 1.25oz butter.
• 25ml ice cold water.

Directions

1. Get the food processor "jug" and fit the knife blade to it.
2. Put all but the water into the bowl.
3. Mix on speed 3 for 45 seconds until bread crumbs are formed.
4. Add the water and mix for a further 30 seconds or so until a ball of dough formed.
5. Roll out and line pie dish.
6. Place in fridge to rest for at least 30 minutes.

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