Gingered Tart Dough Recipe

Gingered Tart Dough Recipe

Ingredients:  Makes one 10-inch tart shell

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (185g) all-purpose flour,

  plus more for rolling

¼ cup (25g) almond flour

70g confectioners' sugar

¼ teaspoon ground ginger

a pinch of salt

115g unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch cubes and chilled

1 large egg yolk

a drop of vanilla extract

 

Method:

Put the all-purpose flour, almond flour, confectioners' sugar, ginger and salt in the bowl of a food processor.  Pulse a few times to mix, then add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles small peas, about 15 times.  With the machine running, add the egg yolk and vanilla extract and process just until the dough begins to clump into large pieces, about 20 seconds.  Form the dough into a ball, press it into a 1-inch thick dish and wrap tightly in plastic wrap.  Chill until firm, at least an hour.  The dough will keep for up to 2 days in the refrigerator or up to 1 month, well wrapped, in the freezer.  If frozen, thaw in the refrigerator before use.  Lightly flour a work surface and a rolling pin.  Roll the dough to a -inch thickness, rotating the circle a quarter turn with each roll.  Lightly flour the dough and loosely roll it around the rolling pin, then unroll it into a 10-inch tart pan with a removable bottom or a 10-inch tart ring set on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and press it up against the sides.  Trim off any excess.  Line the tart shell with parchment paper and fill with pie weights or dried beans.  Bake for 10 minutes.  Remove the pie weights and parchment paper and bake until the dough is golden brown and dry to the touch, about 13 minutes more.  Cool completely on a rack.

 

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