Regina's Pastry for Single Crust
Demonstrated by: Regina Ting.
Featured in Hawaiian Thanksgiving on November 1, 2001.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening
4 tablespoons water
Directions:
- Sift flour and salt into a bowl.
- Using a pastry blender, fork, or 2 knives, cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.
- Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of water at a time over surface of mixture; toss lightly with a fork after each addition.
- Use only enough water to hold dough together.
- Press dough firmly into a ball.
- On floured board, roll out dough to 1/8 inch thickness.
- Fit into a 9-inch pie plate; do not stretch.
- Trim dough 1 inch larger than plate; turn dough under and flute.
Makes one 9-inch pie shell.
