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]]> By: Noga http://pjmedia.com/blog/building_a_better_pie_crust/#comment-10866 Noga Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:33:58 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/building-a-better-pie-crust/#comment-10866 Thanks, Bonne Femme. I've got the butter in the freezer and will attempt this feat today. I never thought there was so much chemistry to be considered in pie making :-) Thanks, Bonne Femme. I’ve got the butter in the freezer and will attempt this feat today. I never thought there was so much chemistry to be considered in pie making :-)

]]> By: Cuisine Bonne Femme http://pjmedia.com/blog/building_a_better_pie_crust/#comment-10865 Cuisine Bonne Femme Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:12:09 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/building-a-better-pie-crust/#comment-10865 Noga, I took one of the Shuna classes and asked the very same question. Shuna stated, no. A food processor gets entirely too hot, and also in the way it vigorously chops the dough to the point where it messes with the gluten. In this case, do what I do and what Shuna recommended and use your (cold) hands or a pastry cutter to mix the ingredients. Old fashioned method yes, but it really isn't all that labor intensive. Noga, I took one of the Shuna classes and asked the very same question.

Shuna stated, no. A food processor gets entirely too hot, and also in the way it vigorously chops the dough to the point where it messes with the gluten.

In this case, do what I do and what Shuna recommended and use your (cold) hands or a pastry cutter to mix the ingredients. Old fashioned method yes, but it really isn’t all that labor intensive.

]]> By: Noga http://pjmedia.com/blog/building_a_better_pie_crust/#comment-10864 Noga Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:49:15 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/building-a-better-pie-crust/#comment-10864 Nancy: I don't have a mixer. Can the same consistency be achieved in a food processor, if carefully watched? Or a hand mixer? The crusts I attempted making end up almost as tough as leather and can't even be cut properly. Nancy:

I don’t have a mixer. Can the same consistency be achieved in a food processor, if carefully watched? Or a hand mixer? The crusts I attempted making end up almost as tough as leather and can’t even be cut properly.

]]> By: DixieKraut http://pjmedia.com/blog/building_a_better_pie_crust/#comment-10863 DixieKraut Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:04:49 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/building-a-better-pie-crust/#comment-10863 Nothing is dearer to my heart than well made made pie crust. Thanks! Nothing is dearer to my heart than well made made pie crust. Thanks!

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