Best 9 Pate Brisee For Traditional Pumpkin Pie Recipes

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When the weather turns cold and the leaves start to fall, it's time to start thinking about pumpkin pie. This classic American dessert is the perfect way to warm up on a cold day, and it's easy to make with a little planning ahead. The key to a great pumpkin pie is the crust, and pate brisee is the perfect choice. This classic French pastry dough is flaky and buttery, and it holds up well to the rich filling. With a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time, you can create a pate brisee that will take your pumpkin pie to the next level.

Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!

PATE BRISEE FOR TRADITIONAL PUMPKIN PIE



Pate Brisee for Traditional Pumpkin Pie image

Use this dough to make Traditional Pumpkin Pie with a Fluted Crust.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking

Yield Makes enough for one 9-inch deep-dish piecrust

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for surface
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
8 ounces (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
3 to 4 tablespoons ice water, plus more if needed

Steps:

  • Pulse flour and salt in a food processor until combined. Add butter, and process until mixture resembles coarse meal, about 10 seconds. With machine running, add ice water in a slow, steady stream until mixture just begins to hold together.
  • Shape dough into a disk, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to 3 days (or freeze for up to 1 month; thaw in refrigerator before using).

PATE BRISEE (FRENCH SHORTCRUST)



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This is an easy, versatile, and delicious pate brisee for tarts that can be used with savory and sweet fillings. It makes two crusts, so refrigerate half and save it for a weekday quiche! You can store dough in the freezer for up to 2 weeks.

Provided by tessaf

Categories     Desserts     Pies     100+ Pie Crust Recipes     Pastry Crusts

Time 50m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons white sugar
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup chilled butter, cubed
¼ cup ice water, or more if needed

Steps:

  • Place flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor and pulse 3 or 4 times to mix. Add cubed butter; pulse until crumbly.
  • Pour slow stream of ice water through feed tube while the processor is on low speed until dough holds together when pinched, making sure not to add too much.
  • Divide dough evenly into 2 pieces. Form dough into discs on a lightly floured work surface. Wrap discs with wax paper or parchment paper before wrapping with plastic wrap. Chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes or until use.
  • Roll dough out on a lightly floured work surface using a lightly floured rolling pin between 2 pieces of parchment paper to desired thickness when ready to use.
  • Butter two 9-inch tart pans. Roll crusts 1 at a time onto the rolling pin and unroll over tart pans. Gently push dough into the prepared pans, molding to the sides. Trim edges with fingers or a knife. Fill and bake according to filling recipe instructions.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 178.9 calories, Carbohydrate 16.5 g, Cholesterol 30.5 mg, Fat 11.7 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 2.1 g, SaturatedFat 7.3 g, Sodium 154.9 mg, Sugar 1.6 g

PATE BRISEE FOR PERFECT PUMPKIN PIE



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Pate brisee is the French version of classic pie or tart pastry. Pressing the dough into a disc rather than shaping it into a ball allows it to chill faster. This will also make the dough easier to roll out, and if you freeze it, it will thaw more quickly.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Healthy Recipes     Vegetarian Recipes

Yield Makes 2 small disks

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
Salt
2 sticks plus 2 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1/4 to 1/2 cup ice water

Steps:

  • Pulse flour, sugar, and 1 teaspoon salt in a food processor to combine. Add butter, and pulse until pea-size clumps form. Drizzle 1/4 cup ice water over flour mixture; pulse until mixture just begins to hold together when pinched. (If too dry, drizzle with more water, 1 tablespoon at a time, and pulse a few more times.)
  • Divide dough in half and transfer each to a piece of plastic wrap; cover, and press each into a disk. Refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour.

PATE BRISEE FOR PUMPKIN PIE



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The amount of water you need to add to the flour can vary from four to six tablespoons -- on damp or humid days, less water is needed.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Pie & Tarts Recipes

Yield Makes two 10-inch crusts

Number Of Ingredients 4

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon coarse salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 pound cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

Steps:

  • Place flour, salt, and sugar in the bowl of a food processor, and process for a few seconds to combine. Add butter, and process until the mixture resembles coarse meal, about 10 seconds.
  • With the machine running, add 5 tablespoons ice water in a slow, steady stream through the feed tube just until the dough holds together, 30 seconds.
  • Divide dough in half, and wrap each half in plastic wrap.

PATE BRISEE FOR SPICED APPLE PIE



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To ensure a flaky crust, chill the butter and the flour before using. A food processor yields the best results, but you can use a pastry cutter instead; work quickly so that the butter remains cold. This recipe provides the crust for our Spiced Apple, Pear-Cranberry, and Maple Pumpkin pies.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Pie & Tarts Recipes

Yield Makes enough for 1 double-crust or 2 single-crust 9-inch pies

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons coarse salt
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
2 1/4 sticks (18 tablespoons) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
7 to 10 tablespoons ice water

Steps:

  • Pulse flour, salt, and sugar in a food processor. Add butter, and pulse until coarse crumbs form, about 10 seconds.
  • With machine running, add ice water in a slow, steady stream just until dough holds together and is not wet or sticky, no longer than 30 seconds.
  • Divide dough into two portions, and shape each into a disk. Wrap in plastic; refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.

PâTE BRISéE



Pâte Brisée image

Categories     Steam     Pastry

Yield Makes enough for one 9-inch double-crust pie or two 9-inch single-crust pies

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1/4 to 1/2 cup ice water

Steps:

  • Pulse flour, salt, and sugar in a food processor (or whisk together by hand in a bowl). Add butter, and pulse (or quickly cut in with a pastry blender or your fingertips) until mixture resembles coarse meal, with some larger pieces remaining. Drizzle 1/4 cup water over mixture. Pulse (or mix with a fork) until mixture just begins to hold together. If dough is too dry, add 1/4 cup more water, 1 tablespoon at a time, and pulse (or mix with a fork).
  • Divide dough in half onto two pieces of plastic wrap. Gather into two balls, wrap loosely in plastic, and press each into a disk using a rolling pin. Refrigerate until firm, well wrapped in plastic, 1 hour or up to 1 day. (Dough can be frozen up to 3 months; thaw in refrigerator before using.)
  • Shortening Variation
  • Replace 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter with 1/2 cup cold vegetable shortening, cut into small pieces.
  • Lard Variation
  • Replace 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter with 1/2 cup cold lard. For the best quality, it's worth seeking out leaf lard. You can buy rendered leaf lard from online vendors, or from artisanal butcher shops.
  • Cornmeal Variation
  • Replace 1/2 cup flour with 1/2 cup coarse cornmeal.
  • Cheddar Variation
  • Reduce butter to 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) and add 1 1/2 cups shredded sharp cheddar to the flour mixture along with the butter. Increase sugar to 1 tablespoon.

PATE BRISEE (FLAKY SWEET PASTRY DOUGH)



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Provided by Patricia Wells

Categories     dessert

Time 1h10m

Yield Four six-inch tartlettes

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 to 1 1/4 cups bleached all-purpose flour
7 tablespoons (3 1/2 ounces) unsalted butter, chilled and cut into pieces
2 teaspoons sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons ice water

Steps:

  • Place one cup of flour, the butter, sugar and salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal blade. Process just until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs, about 10 seconds. Add the water and slowly pulse just until the pastry begins to hold together, about six to eight times. Do not let it form a ball. Turn the pastry out onto waxed paper and flatten the dough into a circle. If the dough is excessively sticky, sprinkle it with several tablespoons of flour. Wrap in waxed paper and refrigerate for at least one hour.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 314, UnsaturatedFat 6 grams, Carbohydrate 29 grams, Fat 20 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 13 grams, Sodium 77 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams, TransFat 1 gram

PATE BRISEE FOR OLD-FASHIONED BLUEBERRY PIE



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Use this pie crust recipe when making our Old-Fashioned Blueberry Pie.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Pie & Tarts Recipes

Number Of Ingredients 6

5 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons sugar
1 cup vegetable shortening, chilled
1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter chilled
3/4-1 cup ice water

Steps:

  • Place flour, salt, and sugar in work bowl of a food processor. Add butter pieces and process for approximately 10 seconds, or just until mixture resembles a coarse meal.
  • With machine running, add ice water, drop by drop, through food-processor feed tube. When dough holds together but is not wet or sticky, stop adding water; do not process more than 30 seconds. Test dough at this point by squeezing a small amount together. If it is still crumbly, add a bit more water.
  • Divide dough in half and turn out onto two large pieces of plastic wrap. Press dough into flat circles; this makes rolling easier than if the pastry is chilled as a ball. Wrap dough in plastic and chill for at least an hour.

PLAIN PASTRY (PATE BRISEE)



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Provided by Robert Farrar Capon

Categories     dessert

Time 15m

Yield Makes one 2-crust 9-inch pie or two 9-inch pie shells

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 cups sifted pastry or cake flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
3 tablespoons vegetable shortening or lard
5 tablespoons ice water

Steps:

  • Sift the flour and salt into a bowl. Add the butter and shortening and cut them into the flour with a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
  • Add the ice water quickly while tossing the flour-shortening mixture to distribute the moisture. Continue tossing until it begins to gather itself together. Form into a ball, divide in two and flatten each half into a thick round. Wrap in wax paper and chill thoroughly before rolling out.

Tips:

  • Use cold butter and water when making the dough. This will help to keep the dough flaky.
  • Work the dough quickly and do not overwork it. Overworking the dough will make it tough.
  • Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes before rolling it out. This will help to prevent the dough from shrinking in the oven.
  • When rolling out the dough, use a light touch. Rolling the dough too firmly will make it tough.
  • Bake the pie crust in a preheated oven. This will help to prevent the crust from becoming soggy.
  • Let the pie crust cool completely before filling it. This will help to prevent the filling from making the crust soggy.

Conclusion:

Pâte Brisée is a delicious and versatile dough that can be used for a variety of pies and tarts. It is easy to make and can be made ahead of time. With a little practice, you can make a perfect Pâte Brisée every time. So next time you are looking for a delicious and easy-to-make pie crust, give Pâte Brisée a try. You won't be disappointed!

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