Description
This dough uses buttermilk, lard, and kosher salt to create a perfect pairing with fried fruit pies.
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup lard
- 3 tablespoons white sugar
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup buttermilk, at room temperature
Instructions
- Pulse flour
- lard
- sugar
- and salt in a food processor until you have flour-covered pea-sized pieces
- about 15 quick pulses. Add buttermilk all at once and process until the wet dough almost comes together.
- Generously flour work surface and scrape dough out onto it. Turn dough over to coat. Gather and fold dough over on itself a couple of times
- then pat into a soft 4×6-inch block.
- Crisscross 2 long pieces of plastic wrap to form an X and lightly dust with flour. Place dough in the center and wrap tightly. Smooth wrapped surface with rolling pin; flip and repeat. Chill at least 4 hours or preferably overnight
- or slip into a zip-top plastic freezer bag and freeze up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the fridge before using.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 4 hrs 10 mins
Servings: 12