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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Sift together the flour, cornstarch (sugar if using) and salt. | 2. Rub in the butter until it resembles fine crumbs (can be done in a processor; use high speed). | 3. Dissolve the cream of tartar in the water, and add to the crumbly mixture. Again you'll need high speed to bring the mixture together into a dough. | 4. Turn out into a bowl if you used a processor. | 5. The pastry should be very easy to handle. If at all necessary, add a few drops more water, but be careful. When the consistency is right, it does not stick to your hands and feels silky soft but firm. | 6. Cover with clingfilm, and refrigerate until 15 minutes before you need it, or otherwise about 20 - 30 minutes. | 7. Mariette's instructions were to roll out between clingfilm, but that should not be necessary. I simply sprinkle flour on my granite counter and roll out 1/2 the pastry to start with -- easier to control. | 8. As you cut it to whatever shape you want, gather the bits together, press into a roll, and roll out again. | 9. Use dough to line loose-bottomed small pastry tins, or a 9 - 11 inch (26 - 28 cm) diameter loose-bottomed springform cake tin. | 10. Simply add your prepared filling, and bake at 350 deg. F (180 deg C) or as recipe indicates. It's best baked set on an oven tin with a dark finish, which ensures a well-baked bottom crust. | 11. Any leftover dough can be frozen. | 12. * For an exotic touch, add 2 teaspoons of the small black cardamom seeds to the dry mixture, at the start,. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
flour	3	cups		1734.84	379.8162	28.203000000000003	6.7308
cornstarch	1	cup		487.68	116.8256	0.3328	0.064
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
butter	13	ounces	unsalted cut	2642.4562	0.2211	3.1326	298.9256
cream tartar	1/2	teaspoon		3.87	0.9225	0.0	0.0
cold water	1/3	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.