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Walnut Pastry Dough

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This recipe was created to prepare Dried-Fruit Tart with Brandied Crème Anglaise .

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes enough dough for an 8- to 10-inch tart

Ingredients

1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter
1/2 cup walnuts (about 2 ounces)
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 large egg yolk
2 tablespoons ice water

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Cut butter into pieces and soften to cool room temperature. In a food processor pulse walnuts until finely ground. Add confectioners' sugar, flour, and salt and pulse until combined. Transfer mixture to a large bowl and add butter.

    Step 2

    With your fingertips or a pastry blender blend together flour mixture and butter until most of mixture resembles coarse meal with remainder in small (roughly pea-size) lumps. Stir together yolk and ice water and add to mixture. With a fork toss mixture until liquid is incorporated. Gently form mixture into a ball and on a lightly floured surface smear dough in 3 or 4 forward motions with heel of hand to help distribute fat and make dough easier to work with. Form dough into a ball and flatten to form a disk. Chill dough, wrapped in plastic wrap, 1 hour, or until firm but not hard. (Dough may be covered and chilled 1 day ahead or frozen 1 month.)

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