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Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) cold unsalted butter, cut into bits
- 6 large egg yolks
Method
- In a bowl with a pastry blender or in a food processor blend or pulse together flour, sugar, and salt.
- Add butter and blend or pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Add yolks and, if blending by hand, stir until mixture forms a dough.
- If using a food processor pulse until mixture forms large clumps and with hands form mixture into a dough.
- On a work surface smear dough in 3 or 4 forward motions with heel of hand to slightly develop gluten in flour and make dough easier to work with.
- Form dough into a ball and flatten to form a disk.
- Chill dough, wrapped in plastic wrap, at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.
