Pot Pie Crust
a versatile Pot Pie Crust for everything from savory pot pies, to empanadas, pies and turnovers.
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 12portions | 10minute |
| Passive Time |
| 30minute |
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Ingredients
- 1cup flour, barley
- 3/4cup flour, all-purpose
- 1/4cup flour, oat
- 1teaspoon salt, kosher
- 1teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2cup butter, unsaltedpreferably European style with a high butter fat %
- 6 – 7tablespoon Irish Red Ale,or other lower IBU style brew
Instructions
- In the bowl of a food processor, add the barley, all-purpose and oat flour, along with the salt and baking powder. Pulse several times to mix the ingredients together. Add the cold butter to the bowl, and pulse a few times to cut the fat into the flour.
- Keep pulsing until the mixture has small, grain-size chunks of butter evenly distributed throughout the mixture. With the motor on pulse, slowly pour the ice-cold beer into the feed tube, mixing the ingredients into a dough. Be careful not to over-process the crust. Form the dough into two balls, seal in plastic wrap, and press down on each to create a disk. Place in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes to re-chill the fat, preventing the crust from shrinking as it cooks.
- Take one dough ball and roll it out to a 1/4-inch-thick sheet on a lightly floured surface. If you don’t have a rolling pin, use a 22-ounce bottle (filled with cold brew), and dust it with flour. If making a large pot pie, roll out to a 9-by-13-inch rectangle. Lightly dust the surface of the dough with flour, and roll the dough onto the rolling pin, using the pin to transfer the dough to the filled casserole pan and un-roll onto the surface. Using the tip of a sharp paring knife, cut a series of holes in the crust in a decorative pattern. This will allow the steam to escape. If making individual pot pies, use a ramekin to press out circles of the rolled out dough to cover each ramekin. Again, cut some holes into the surface.
Recipe Notes
Other recipes that use this recipe:
Mushroom Stout and Potato Pot Pie
Smoked Fish Pot Pie