This recipe originally accompanied Madame Quiche's Quiche Au Fromage .

　　This pastry is short, buttery, and wonderfully easy to put together. I make it in the food processor, for the less it is touched by warm hands, the shorter and flakier it will be. Be sure to let the pastry rest at least one hour at room temperature, so it is easy to roll out, then chill it before baking.

Ingredients

　　1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

　　Large pinch sea salt

　　8 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cut in small pieces

　　5 to 6 tablespoons chilled water

　　Place the flour and the salt in the bowl of a food processor and process to mix. Cut the butter in chunks and add it to the flour. Process it, using pulses, until the butter is incorporated into the flour and the mixture looks like coarse cornmeal. With the food processor running, add the water and process briefly, using pulses, just until the pastry beings to hold together in large clumps. Turn the pastry out onto a floured work surface and gather it into a ball. Proceed with any recipe calling for an un-baked tart pastry.