Butter pastry for chicken pie

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Use this butter pastry for savoury or sweet pies. Add your favourite fillings to the pastry and bake until golden on top

Ingredients:

  • 2 ½ cups flour 
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter (226 grams), cold and cut into cubes
  • ¼ - ½ cup ice cold water (60-125 ml), as needed
Combine the flour, sugar (if using), and salt in a bowl. Add the cubed butter and toss to coat. Dump the mixture out onto a clean surface and use a rolling pin to roll the butter into thin sheets, combining it with the flour. Use a bench scraper to scrape the rolling pin and to bring the mixture back into a pile as necessary. Continue until all of the butter is incorporated into the flour. Mixture will be very flaky. 

 Return mixture to the bowl and place in the freezer for 10 minutes to chill the butter. Remove from freezer and add ¼ cup of the ice cold water. Use a spoon and then your hands to stir the mixture until it comes together into a ball. If mixture is too dry, add additional water a tablespoon at a time. It can be about 1/3 cup to 1/2 water needed depending on mixture. Divide the dough in two and flatten into disks. Wrap each disk in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for at least 1 hour and up to 5 days. Dough can also be frozen (double-wrapped) for up to 2 months. 

 When ready to roll out, let the dough rest at room temperature for five minutes. On a lightly floured surface, use a rolling pin to roll out the dough into a rough 33cm. Dough should be about 6mm. Transfer dough to 23cm. Fill pie with desired filling. Repeat with the second disk of dough. Cover the filling completely, cutting a few vents with a sharp knife or poke it with fork to make holes. Fold the edges of the top and bottom crusts together and use your index fingers and thumb to pinch into a pattern or flatten with fork. Brush with egg wash. Bake pie according to pie recipe instructions. 

 **You can blind bake the bottom pastry in the dish before adding the filling to ensure it is cooked through and crisp

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