Recipe - Tart Dough And Prebaking

3 cup Flour
Three fourths teaspoon Salt
12 tablespoon Cold butter cut into
tablespoon pieces
6 tablespoon Chilled shortening cut into
tablespoon pieces
12 tablespoon Cold water
1 Egg,; lightly beaten
One half cup Grated Gruyere or Swiss
cheese

In a food processor combine the flour with the salt. Process the butter and
shortening until they are cut into tiny pieces. Add 8 tablespoons of the
water and process until it comes into a ball. If it is dry, add water by
tablespoonfuls.

Turn the dough onto a board and press it into a round slab about 1inch
thick. If it is not too hot, roll the dough out immediately. (easier to
handle) But if the fat is oozing out, then refrigerate for 2 hours at least
or overnight to relax the dough.

Gently flour your board and rolling pin. Roll dough out from the center
until it forms a circle about 1/2inch thick; turn over and roll until a
little thicker than 1/8thinch thick and 14inches in diameter.

Roll the dough over a lightly buttered 12inch false bottomed tart shell.
Press the dough into the pan and trim the edges pressing up a border
1/2inch wide. Fold that border back into the pan (it should not overlap
the bottom) and press it back into the sides of the tart shell so that you
are building up a double thickness of shell wall. Roll the rolling pin over
the top to trim off excess pastry and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Set the pan on a baking sheet. Line the dough
with foil or parchment and fill it with dried beans. Bake for 10 minutes.
Remove beans and bake 10 minutes longer. Paint the bottom of the shell with
egg and sprinkle on grated cheese and return to oven for 3 to 4 minutes to
really seal the bottom. Remove from oven and cool tart shell on a rack for
30 minutes before filling and finishing baking.

Yield: enough for two 8inch tart shells or one 12inch tart
Recipe By :COOKING MONDAY TO FRIDAY SHOW # MF6712

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #285

Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 23:38:29 0500

From: Meg Antczak meginny@frontiernet.net