Kevin's super sweet coworkers bought us a Kitchen Aid stand mixer as a wedding gift and lemme tell ya, I don't think that making pastry gets much easier than with that baby.
I used:
1tbsp white sugar
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup butter, well chilled and cut into small cubes
3/4 tsp salt
8-9 tbsp freezing cold water
Mix the salt, sugar and flour well. Add little butter cubes. Either cut with a pastry cutter or mix at "Stir" speed on your stand mixer until the butter starts to look like little peas in the flour.
Add one tablespoon of cold water at a time, mixing as you go. The dough will start to stick to itself. Hooray!
Form into two balls, wrap in cling wrap and refridgerate for about an hour.
While your pastry is chilling.....
Cut up 2 rhubarb stalks and one 1lb clamshell of strawberries. Mix with 1/3 cup white sugar. Set aside.
Remove the pastry, sprinkle your counter with flour, grab a rolling pin and roll the balls of dough into 1/4" thick circles and place each on a cookie sheet.
Split your fruit mixture between the two circles of pastry and pinch the sides up around it.
Place in a preheated 400 degree oven for about 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 for another 10. Check periodically. Remove when it's golden brown and fruit juices are bubbling.
Serve with whipped cream. Nommmmmmmm!
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