The Hoosier Mama Book of Pie, by Paula Haney and Allison Scott, taught me the magic of making pie crust in a food processor. I still make pie crust in my old mixing bowl with a pastry blender too, because my hands have 60 years of pie-crust-making memories in them, but it’s amazing how quickly a good crust comes together at the push of a button.
This cornmeal crust
is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. I used it for one of our old favorites, spinach
quiche, and may never go back to a standard crust for quiche again. Sometime
this summer I’m going to experiment with leaving out the pepper and paprika and
see how a double cornmeal crust works for fruit pies. My guess is that any
fruit pie in a cornmeal crust will be ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. If I don’t fall
into a pie stupor I’ll let you know if that guess is right.
Peppery
Cornmeal Pie Crust
(adapted from The
Hoosier Mama Book of Pie by Paula Haney and Allison Scott)
Ingredients
for a single crust (double the recipe for two crusts)
1 stick very cold
unsalted butter
1 1/2 teaspoons red
wine vinegar
3 1/2 tablespoons
cold water
1 cup all-purpose
flour
1/2 cup yellow
cornmeal
3/4 teaspoon kosher
salt
1/4 teaspoon white
pepper
1/4 teaspoon sweet
paprika
Directions
Cut butter into 1/2-inch
cubes.
Stir red wine
vinegar into the cold water and set aside.
Combine flour,
cornmeal, salt, paprika, and white pepper in the bowl of a food processor and
pulse a few times to combine.
Add butter and
pulse until ingredients start to look sandy, 8 to 10 times or more.
Add vinegar water
and pulse 4 or 5 times more until ingredients start to come together (don’t
allow dough to come completely together in food processor).
Turn dough out onto
a lightly floured surface, gently knead together, and form a ball. Wrap ball in
plastic wrap and let rest in refrigerator until ready to use but for at least
20 minutes.
Roll dough, fit
into pie plate, and fill with the savory filling of your choice.
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