Traditional Pie Crust

This is the traditional pie crust. To ensure a flakey crust (considered desirable), you need to use lard and you need to keep the lard from melting.

Ingredients

• 450 g flour
• Salt
• 110 g lard, cut into pieces
• Water or milk

Steps

1. Combine the flour and salt.
2. Add the lard, and cut it into the dry mixture.
3. Gently mix in just enough water to make a stiff dough.
4. Roll out the dough in a cool place, and use in your recipe.

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Adapted from “Traditional Pie Crust” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.