PATE BRISEE FOR RUSTIC CHERRY TART

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This is the essential pate brisee recipe for our Rustic Cherry Tart with Ricotta and Almonds recipe.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking

Time 1h25m

Yield Makes enough for one 12-by-16-inch tart

Number Of Ingredients 5

11 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon coarse salt
3/4 teaspoon sugar
1/3 cup ice water

Steps:

  • Lay roughly three quarters of butter on a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet and freeze until hard, at least 30 minutes. Meanwhile, refrigerate remaining butter.
  • Combine flour, salt, and sugar in a food processor. Add refrigerated butter and pulse to combine, about 10 times. Add frozen butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal with some blueberry-size clumps.
  • Add ice water and immediately pulse until just incorporated, about 10 times more. Squeeze a small amount of dough to make sure it holds together. Pulse a few more times, if necessary.
  • Empty dough onto a piece of plastic wrap. Bring edges together to gather dough, pressing so it comes together into a mass. Roll out dough, still in plastic, to a 6-by-8-inch rectangle (1/2 inch thick). Refrigerate at least 45 minutes and up to 2 days; dough can be wrapped in plastic, then in foil, and frozen up to 1 month.

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