🫙 From the Spice Rack
Lobster Tart
3 oz Cold lard 3 oz Cold butter 3 tb Ice-cold water (or more)
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Ingredients6 items
Ingredients
- 3ozcold lard
- 3ozcold butter
- 3tb ice-cold water (or more)
- 5eggs **
- 1/2pt milk
- 1/2pt single cream
Directions
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THE PASTRY--------------------------------- 8 oz Flour 3 oz Cold lard 3 oz Cold butter 3 tb Ice-cold water (or more)
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A "cripple" - that is, one with only one claw for which you should pay less - will do fine for this dish
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Leave out one of the egg whites, it is not needed for this recipe
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Make the pastry first
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Sieve the flour with the salt into a roomy bowl
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Chop the lard and butter into the flour with a sharp knife
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Finish rubbing in the fat to flour with the tips of your fingers
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Work in enough ice-cold water to give you a ball of soft (but not sticky) dough