How To This Make Never Fail tenderflake Pie Crust Start by adding the flour and salt to a large bowl. Then cut brick of lard up into cubes or chunks and add to the bowl of flour. …
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I achieved that elusive flaky low carb pie crust texture! Add dry ingredients to a food processor and pulse to mix. Add cold cubes of butter and pulse until it resembles small peas. Add egg white and water mixture and pulse until it comes together. Wrap and refrigerate. Roll into a circle and place in freezer for a few minutes.
However, these crusts also have carbohydrates in them. The easiest way to make a low carb pie crust is to use coconut flour. Coconut flour is something that I recently started experimenting with. I really like the taste of this kind of a flour. Also, I like that coconut flour is lower in carbs and a bit of protein in it as well.
Tenderflake Pie Pastry: Fluting the Edges of a Pie. Lard, butter, lard and butter with white flour, whole wheat flour or a combination of the two is just the beginning. Before one can change the traditional Tenderflake Pie Pastry recipe, one has to master it.
The pie crust is made by adding almond flour, eggs, sweetener, and salt to melted butter to form a dough. There's no need for a food processor. You only need a mixing bowl and a spatula to stir. The dough is then formed into a ball and rolled out between two sheets of wax paper.