Hot Water Crust

🥘 Ingredients

• all-purpose flour 265 g
• strong white bread flour 55 g
• unsalted butter 55 g
• vegetable shortening 65 g
• salt 1 tsp
• boiling water 135 ml

1. 1

   Put all-purpose flour and strong white bread flour into a bowl . Add the cubed unsalted butter and rub in with your fingertips.
2. 2

   Heat the vegetable shortening in a pan until melted. Dissolve the salt in the boiling water , then add to the melted lard.
3. 3

   Pour this liquid into the flour. Mix with a spoon then, as soon as it is cool enough, tip the dough onto a lightly floured surface and work together into a ball. Be careful that the dough is not too hot when you start to work it.
4. 4

   Once the dough ball is formed, leave it to cool slightly. If it’s still lumpy, work it a minute or two longer.
5. 5

   Divide the dough in two, making one piece slightly bigger than the other.