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Pasta Frolla - Italian Sweet Pastry Dough
in Diana's Recipe Book
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| Servings: 1 |
Ingredients:  2 cups all-purpose flour 1/3 cup sugar 3/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 8 tablespoons (1 stick) cold unsalted butter or lard, in chunks 2 large eggs |
| Instructions: 1. In the food processor: Place flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in work bowl fitted with steel blade. Pulse several times to mix. Add butter or lard and pulse 8 to 10 times to mix. Add eggs and pulse until dough forms a ball. 2. By hand: Place flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl and stir well to mix. Add butter and rub mixture between the palm of your hands until it forms fine crumbs. Add eggs and stir with a fork until mixture leaves the sides of the bowl. Form dough into a ball. 3) Chill dough for at least one hour before kneading and rolling. Wrap in plastic when chilling. Or: 4) Chill until needed, up to several days. When ready to use, unwrap it, place it on a lightly floured work surface and knead it until it is soft and malleable. |
| Source: DianasDesserts.com |
| Date: February 2002 |