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Pâte brisée

Original in French

Royal Chill · cuisine.journaldesfemmes.fr · 2025 · 4 personnes

Against 179 pie crust recipes

More salt than 91% of recipes and less water than 78%.

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How it compares

Against the typical crust: the median of 179 pie crust recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More salt than 91% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
  • Less water than 78% of recipes: 20% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 30%.
  • Fat in the middle half of recipes: 50% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 65%.
  • No sugar at all, where 51% of recipes use some (most of those 3.4 to 7.8% of the flour weight).
Fat: 50%, 20th percentileWater: 20%, 19th percentileSalt: 2.4%, 94th percentileSugar: 0%, 24th percentileFatWaterSaltSugar
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (5)

  • 250 g farine250 g
  • 125 g beurre froid en morceau125 g
  • 1 unité jaune d'œuf≈ 18 g
  • 50 ml eau froide≈ 50 g
  • 1 c à c sel≈ 6 g

flour 250 gbatter 449 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 179 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Fat50% · 20th percentile
  • Water20% · 19th percentile
  • Salt2.4% · 94th percentile
  • Sugar0% · 24th percentile

Oven

Temperature
400°F / 205°C
median 390°F
Time
30 minutes
median 20 minutes

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