Method
1. Make Pie Crust Whisk flour, sugar and salt together and begin gently rubbing butter into the mixture.
Breaking the cold butter into smaller and smaller pieces until the mixture looks like sand (called “sable”) gently coats the smallest possible piece of butter in dry ingredients.
Mix in the water at the end. Gently press the dough together, it should be smooth and soft. Chill immediately for 30 mins.
2. Shape Preheat oven to 350F/180C.
Roll out the dough until quite thin, cut shapes to hang about 3 cm over the edge of intended tin(s). Press into the greased tin and decorate the edge if desired. Chill for 30 mins again.
3. Pre-Bake Poke holes with fork in pie base (use pie weights/dry beans to hold shape, if desired) and bake until just golden.
4. Bake Add filling (and top, if desired) and bake until golden.
5. Cool Pie is ready when cool enough to eat.