Pie Crust (Good Home Recipe)
Origin: Cape Town, South Africa
Source: Hildagonda J. Duckitt, 1891
Ingredients
- 1 lb Finest Flour
- 0.25 lb Lard or Sheep-tail Fat
- 0.25 lb Butter
- 2 teaspoonfuls Baking Powder
- Milk and Water
Instructions
- Rub the baking powder into the flour.
- Mix the lard in by rubbing it into the flour.
- Mix the flour with milk and water very lightly to the consistency of dough—not too stiff.
- Roll out the dough thinly and spread butter all over it.
- Dust with flour and roll out again.
- Repeat the process of buttering, flouring, and rolling until all the butter is used.