Pate Brisee for Individual Blueberry Pies a la Mode

Name: Pate Brisee for Individual Blueberry Pies a la Mode
Yield: Makes four 5-inch pies
Ingredients: 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar; 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

Use this recipe to make our Individual Blueberry Pies a la Mode. The amount of water needed will vary depending on humidity.

Source: Martha Stewart Living, January 2001

Makes four 5-inch pies

Yield

Ingredients

3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

Directions

1. Place flour, salt, and sugar in bowl of a food processor; process to combine. Add butter; process about 7 seconds, until mixture resembles coarse meal. With machine running, slowly add between 1/2 cup and 3/4 cup ice water through feed tube, until pastry just begins to hold together. Turn dough onto a piece of plastic wrap; pat into a square. Divide dough in half; wrap each half separately. Chill at least 1 hour before using.