Vodka Pie Dough

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: dough for two 9-inch pies or 1 double-crust pie
  • Total: 1 hr 10 min (includes chilling time)
  • Active: 10 min
We use vodka in this pie dough to make it extra flaky and tender. (Don't worry, the booze cooks off and leaves no taste behind.)
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Ingredients

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/3 cup lard or vegetable shortening

1 tablespoon sugar

1 teaspoon fine salt

1 1/2 sticks (12 tablespoons) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

1/4 cup vodka

3 to 4 tablespoons ice-cold water

Directions

  1. Pulse the flour, lard, sugar, salt and 4 tablespoons of the butter in a food processor until it has the consistency of a fine meal. Add the remaining 8 tablespoons butter, and pulse until you have pea-sized pieces. Sprinkle the vodka and water over the flour, and pulse until the dough just comes together. Evenly divide the dough between 2 pieces of plastic wrap, and gently pat each into a round. Wrap each round tightly and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour and up to overnight. 

Cook’s Note

The dough can be frozen for up to 2 months.

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LilRas

I made this vodka pie crust and it is excellent came out delicious and flaky. I used my own pork lard I had in the freezer that came from making my gorton, which you add in water when cooking the meat till well brown then drain juices and refrigerate overnight both the juices and the meat . I then separated the saturated fat from the unsaturated fat . Froze the saturated for pie crust and continued with the unsaturated for my gorton ( homemade pork spread for sandwiches) The pie crust is excellent and will be my go to for homemade crust

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