French Tart Dough

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 3 ounces unsalted butter, cut in pieces (3/4 stick)
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 5 ounces all-purpose flour, by weight (1 slightly-heaping cup)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 410°f.
• 2 in an ovensafe bowl or a pot, combine butter, oil, water, sugar and salt. place in oven for 15 minutes, until bubbling and butter is beginning to brown around the edges.
• 3 remove from oven, dump in flour all at once and stir vigorously until it forms a ball which pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
• 4 transfer to a 9" tart pan with a removable bottom. spread it out with an offset spatula.
• 5 once it has cooled enough to work with your hands, remove a small piece of dough (about the size of a small olive) and set aside. pat the dough out using the heel of your hand, and press up the sides of the pan with your fingers.
• 6 dock the dough all over with the tines of a fork or a rolling docker. bake in oven 10 minutes, or until golden brown.
• 7 if there are any sizable cracks, use a bit of the reserved dough to patch them, smoothing the dough into the crack with a fingertip.
• 8 allow to cool completely before filling.