Category Archives: pies and tarts

Gallette dough

Good Crust for a Gallette from the Smitten Kitchen website – adapted I have to admit I changed the amount of flour, and added more salt.  This is not exactly the SK recipe. Galette Pastry Dough 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour, chilled in the freezer for 30 minutes (I added ¼ cup because the dough…

Fruit tart crust – Julia Child’s version

Julia Child’s Fruit Tart Crust Ingredients 1 ½  cups flour – some say ½ cup of this should be cake flour, and 1 cup all purpose.  When measuring out the flour, you should use the spoon and sprinkle method to make sure you are measuring aerated flour.  I noted that one site claimed that the…

Best pie crust

When I made a pie for some farming relatives in Wisconsin, they laughed at my crust.  I guess they thought it was REALLY TERRIBLE.  It was.  And dear Great Aunt Dorothy bestowed her fabulous pie crust recipe to me on the spot. Here it is: This recipe makes two double crusts. Combine: 3 cups white…