Pie-crust
Ingredients
Directions
In a bowl, mix the flour and salt.
Add the cold water gradually, stirring until a dough forms.
Knead the dough lightly on a floured surface until smooth.
Roll out the dough with a rolling pin to fit your pie dish.
Place the rolled dough in the pie dish and trim the edges.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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