Hot Water Crust

🥘 Ingredients

• all-purpose flour
  265 g
• boiling water
  135 ml
• salt
  1 tsp
• strong white bread flour
  55 g
• unsalted butter
  55 g
• vegetable shortening
  65 g

🍳 Cookware

• bowl
• pan
• spoon

1. 1

   Put all-purpose flour and strong white bread flour into a bowl . Add the cubed unsalted butter and rub in with your fingertips.

   all-purpose flour: 265 g, strong white bread flour: 55 g, unsalted butter: 55 g
2. 2

   Heat the vegetable shortening in a pan until melted. Dissolve the salt in the boiling water , then add to the melted lard.

   vegetable shortening: 65 g, salt: 1 tsp, boiling water: 135 ml
3. 3

   Pour this liquid into the flour. Mix with a spoon then, as soon as it is cool enough, tip the dough onto a lightly floured surface and work together into a ball. Be careful that the dough is not too hot when you start to work it.
4. 4

   Once the dough ball is formed, leave it to cool slightly. If it’s still lumpy, work it a minute or two longer.
5. 5

   Divide the dough in two, making one piece slightly bigger than the other.