Vodka Pie Dough

Food Network Kitchen · foodnetwork.com · 2015 · dough for two 9-inch pies or 1 double-crust pie

Against 179 pie crust recipes

Less water than 90% of recipes and more fat than 86%.

How it compares

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

Less water than 90% of recipes: 17% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 30%.
More fat than 86% of recipes: 76% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 65%.
Salt in the middle half of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 313 g
1/3 cup lard or vegetable shortening≈ 68 g
1 tablespoon sugar≈ 13 g
1 teaspoon fine salt≈ 6 g
1 1/2 sticks (12 tablespoons) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces≈ 170 g
1/4 cup vodka≈ 59 g
3 to 4 tablespoons ice-cold water≈ 52 g

flour 313 gbatter 680 g

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

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

Nearest by baker's percentages: fat, water, salt, sugar.