What mixing method is used for pie dough?

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1. What mixing method is used for pie dough?
2. How do you make pizza dough from scratch with a Kitchenaid mixer?
3. Can I use a dough hook instead of a paddle?
4. Do I really need a pastry blender?
5. Which Kitchenaid attachment for pastry?
6. Can I mix pastry in a blender?
7. What does cut in butter mean?
8. What does it mean to cut in butter until crumbly?
9. How can I cut butter without a pastry blender?
10. How do you grate butter without a grater?
11. How do you keep butter from sticking to the grater?
12. Should you grate butter for biscuits?
13. How do you cut shortening into flour without a pastry blender?
14. What does cut shortening into flour mean?
15. What foods can a pastry blender make?
16. How do you take care of a pastry blender?
17. What does it mean to mix a solid fat such as shortening or lard with flour using a pastry blender?
18. Is to mix shortening into dry ingredients with a pastry blender or two knives and forks?
19. What are the two types of pastry?
20. What fat source is recommended to produce the best pie pastry Why?

What mixing method is used for pie dough?

A pastry blender is a useful tool for combining flour with other ingredients to create dough for pie crusts. (For specific ingredients for Pie Crust Dough, see Pie Crusts in the "Kitchen Techniques" section of "Kitchen Advice".)

How do you make pizza dough from scratch with a Kitchenaid mixer?

DIRECTIONS

1. Dissolve yeast in warm water in warmed bowl.
2. Add salt, olive oil, and 2 1/2 cup flour.
3. Attach bowl and dough hook, turn to speed 2 and mix 1 minute.
4. Continuing on speed 2, add remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until dough clings to dough hook and cleans sides of bowl.

Can I use a dough hook instead of a paddle?

Dough hook is primarily for yeast risen doughs. With that said, you can use either the paddle or whip for most frostings. If you're doing a buttercream or cream cheese, make sure it comes all the way to room temperature first. A cold, hard chunk of butter is too hard for the whip to break up.

Do I really need a pastry blender?

You push the metal strips down into the butter and flour, eventually cutting up the butter and mixing the two ingredients together. The pastry blender is essential because it both keeps your hands clean and requires a minimum of cleanup time.

Which Kitchenaid attachment for pastry?

Use the flat beater when cutting stable fat-like lard, shortening, or butter into the flour. The fat encapsulated by the flour needs to retain its structure to produce the flaky texture so desired in items like pie crusts, biscuits, scones, and shortbread.

Can I mix pastry in a blender?

No. The butter will be too finely minced and likely heat up so you dough will be too worked and won't be flaky. It's better you do it by hand if you don't have food processor.

What does cut in butter mean?

Cutting in butter means working large chunks of butter into dry ingredients (usually flour) in order to break the butter down into smaller pieces that are each fully coated in those dry ingredients.

What does it mean to cut in butter until crumbly?

Making Flaky Pastry Often a recipe will call for you to "cut in" butter or shortening—usually when making biscuits, scones, or some other pastry that needs to be flaky. "Cutting in" means incorporating the butter into the flour in such a way that little lumps of the raw butter remain whole within the flour mixture.

How can I cut butter without a pastry blender?

Pastry Cutter Substitutes Fork: Cut the butter (or whatever fat you're using) into small pieces. Add it to the bowl with your flour and other dry ingredients. Then, use a fork to mash the butter into the flour, until you achieve a crumbly consistency.

How do you grate butter without a grater?

Cut the butter into 1 tablespoon sized slices. Add the flour and cold butter to the bowl of a food processor. Use a pastry blender which ultimately works pretty similar to the knife method but is easier. Proceed with your recipe as instructed.

How do you keep butter from sticking to the grater?

The first trick is simply put your block of cheese in the freezer 15 minutes before you start grating and it will firm up and shred way easier (part of the reason for the smushed cheese is the heat caused by the friction from grating -science!) and the second trick is to spray your cheese grater, be it handheld, box ...

Should you grate butter for biscuits?

The secret is grating the butter! You simply freeze a stick of butter solid before starting your biscuits. Grate it using a cheese grater and toss it with your dry ingredients when making biscuit dough. The butter stays cold and because it is already in small pieces, you don't need to handle the dough very much.

How do you cut shortening into flour without a pastry blender?

You can simply substitute with two kitchen knives! Take the two knives like pictured above and "cut in" the shortening into your flour. It is a simple tip but one that may come in handy when you are in a bind.

What does cut shortening into flour mean?

Why to Cut In The purpose of cutting butter or solid shortening into flour is to create a flaky texture in pie pastry and cookies. ... Small pieces of shortening will remain whole, keeping the shortening separate from the dry ingredients when baked—this separation is what creates the flakiness in the finished product.

What foods can a pastry blender make?

A pastry blender (aka pastry cutter) is a hand-held tool used both to cut solid fat into flour, and to blend it in thoroughly. It consists of a handle that has half-moon shaped wires attached to it at both ends. It is used most often for pastry dough, scone dough, or baking powder biscuit dough.

How do you take care of a pastry blender?

Use & Care

1. Wash prior to first use; dishwasher-safe.
2. To use, hold Pastry Blender in palm of hand. Use an up and down with a slight rocking motion to blend ingredients.
3. Also handy for mixing crumb or streusel toppings or chopping eggs for egg salad.
4. One-year guarantee for noncommercial use.

What does it mean to mix a solid fat such as shortening or lard with flour using a pastry blender?

working solid shortening into dry ingredients with two knives or a pastry blender until well mixed. When making a pastry, solid shortening, lard, or butter is cut in to a flour mixture until the particles are the size of small peas. ... The process of breaking solid food items into smaller particles.

Is to mix shortening into dry ingredients with a pastry blender or two knives and forks?

To mix solid shortening with flour by cutting the shortening into small pieces and mixing until it is completely covered with the flour mixture. Use a pastry blender, two knives, or a fork.

What are the two types of pastry?

The two main types of pastry are laminated doughs and unlaminated dough.

• Laminated means that fat is folded between the layers of dough such as our puff pastry, croissants, and Danishes.
• The unlaminated is where fat is rubbed into the flour such as our crusts for pies, tarts, and quiches.

What fat source is recommended to produce the best pie pastry Why?

The pros: Shortening has a higher melting point than lard or butter, so it's easy to incorporate into pie dough and roll out. It's also helpful when making any kind of decorative pie crust, because doughs made with shortening hold their shape the best during baking.