Tarte Base

A traditional French Tarte Base

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Ingredients for 1

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Ingredients
1 3/4 cupplain flour
9 3/4 tablespoonsbutter
1 eggegg
1/8 teaspoonsalt
1 teaspoonwater
Salt content: 0.2% (by weight, not counting salt in other ingredients)
The ingredients are for one tarte base, not for one person in case you were wondering

Method

Pulse together the flour, butter and salt in a food processor or kitchen mixer until you reach a sandy texture. Add the egg, water and pulse/mix again. If you over mix the dough at this stage it will lose its flakiness.
Transfer the dough onto a lightly floured work surface and knead with the palms of your hands for 30 seconds, or until the dough is smooth and well combined.
With the palm of your hand flatten the dough slightly to 1cm/ 1/2inch thickness, then sandwich it between two large sheets of cling film. Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Recipe PhotoPut your plain flour into the mixing bowl of your mixer or food processor.
Recipe PhotoCut your butter into cubes. The butter should be at room temperature. If it comes straight out of the fridge, cut into cubes and let it sit outside the fridge for 20 minutes.
Recipe PhotoAdd a pinch of salt to the flour.
Recipe PhotoAdd the butter to your mixing bowl.
Recipe PhotoMix until the flour and the butter have combined into a sandy mixture.
Recipe PhotoThis is what your mixture should look like.
Recipe PhotoNow add the egg ...
Recipe Photo... and the water.
Recipe PhotoMix very carefully for quite a short time - you only want the ingredients to combine. Stop as soon as your mixture looks like in this picture. If you overwork the dough, it will lose it's flakiness.
Recipe PhotoKnead the dough for 30 seconds until well combined.
Recipe PhotoForm a round, flat shape out of the dough and put it between two large sheets of cling film. Let it rest and cool down in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Recipe PhotoNow roll out the dough whilst still between the two sheets of cling film.
Recipe PhotoWhen it's slightly larger than your pie form, take off one of the sheets of cling film.
Recipe PhotoNow turn it upside down and put it into your pie form and take off the other sheet of cling film.
Recipe PhotoFold the dough into the pie form rather than stretching it into the corner.
Recipe PhotoNow fold the excess dough over the rim of your pie form.
Recipe PhotoNow cut off the excess dough with a rolling pin.
Recipe PhotoNow use your thumb and index finger and squeeze the rim of the pie so it stands up slightly over the pie form.
Recipe PhotoUse a fork to pierce the bottom of the pie. Put the pie base into the fridge for 20 minutes until you use it.

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Comments:
10Perfect thank you!
10At 2 years of age, it appears P is alardey more helpful in the kitchen than Jeff.BTW, I don't recall any PBC cookie donations to the Mandel family trust fund.
10oh thank so so much,that was super-understadable and easy!!thanks from Greece hon!!
10very good thanks
10go to master chef. guaranteed victory!
10It is soooooo good
10dude u r amazing yummy *wants to eat the computer*
10mmmmm looks yummy
10owsome!