Pastry Without Baking-Powder

Ingredients

• 1 pound all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• cold water
• butter

Directions

1. Rub cold butter into flour using your hands in cold weather, or chop it in during summer.

2. Add no more than ½ teaspoon of baking powder to the flour.

3. Use the coldest water possible, and avoid making the paste too wet.

4. Stir the mixture on a board with a knife or in a basin with your fingers.

5. Lift the rolling pin often while rolling the pastry; do not roll continuously.

6. Roll lightly without banging the pastry or turning it over.

7. For tart edges, wet the dish edge, lay a thick strip of pastry around it, and wet again to adhere.

8. Glaze the pastry with egg yolk for color, or brush with water and sprinkle sugar for a sweet tart.

9. Make a hole in the top of a meat pie to allow gases to escape.