Pastry

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1 tablespoon lard

Method

1. 1

   Into 1 cup flour rub 1 tablespoon lard; then wet it with enough ice cold water to make a soft dough.

2. 2

   Roll out and spread with little bits of butter all over.

3. 3

   Then sprinkle lightly with flour, and fold over into a roll.

4. 4

   Roll out again with rolling pin and spread again with lard.

5. 5

   Then repeat as first time, and roll in bits of butter the third time.

6. 6

   If this method is followed and ice water is used, and if the dough is handled lightly and quickly, a nice flaky crust will be obtained.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 6 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from San Rafael cook book, 1906 (1906) by Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress), page 80. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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