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Cheese Short Crust

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes enough for one 10-inch pie

Ingredients

2

1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1

/2 cup grated Manchego or Parmesan cheese

Pinch of sugar

1

teaspoon coarse salt

3

/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) cold unsalted butter cut into pieces

1

egg yolk

1

/4 to 1/2 cup ice water

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Preparation

  1. Pulse the flour, cheese, sugar, salt, and butter in a food processor until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add the egg yolk; pulse to combine. With the processor running, drizzle in 1/4 cup water until the dough just comes together. (If the dough is still crumbly, add up to 1/4 cup more water, 1 tablespoon at a time.) Do not process for more than 20 seconds. Wrap the dough in plastic. Refrigerate until cold, about 30 minutes.

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Reprinted with permission from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, copyright © 2007. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of The Crown Publishing Group. Buy the full book from Amazon.