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Got the original from Cooks Illustrated- this is my first attempt at lowcarbing this recipe. It's probably not complete in its conversion, but this is where I started:
1 1/4 cups Carbalose flour, divided
6 Tablespoons salted butter, ice cold, cut into at least 6 slices
4 Tablespoons solid vegetable shortening, ice cold, cut into at least 4 slices
2 Tablespoons unflavored vodka, straight from freezer
2 Tablespoons ice cold water
2 drops liquid Splenda
Place 3/4 cup flour in work bowl of food processor. Drop butter and shortening slices on top of flour and process about 15 seconds, or until mixture resembles small-curd cottage cheese. Using a rubber spatula, scrape down sides of work bowl and incorporate scrapings into mixture in work bowl with a few quick pulses. Add remaining flour and pulse about 5 times, just to evenly distribute dry flour into the shortening mixture.
Transfer mixture to a medium mixing bowl.
In a small cup, combine vodka, ice water and Splenda. Sprinkle liquid over the flour mixture. Using a rubber spatula and a folding motion, mix liquids in until dough is slightly tacky, and sticks together.
Form mixture into a flattened ball and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill for several hours before rolling out to fit in a pie tin.
At this point, I have the dough mixed, and chilling. I will update this post when I've rolled it out and baked it.
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OK, I tried to roll this out, but it's 95+ degrees here, and it's not rolling well at all. Very moist dough. Ultimately, I patted it into my pie pan, and pricked the bottom and baked it (~20 minutes @ 425F). It's cooling now, so no opinions yet on flavor and/or flakiness.
You can see that I didn't get it patted out evenly, by the uneven color:
You can see that I didn't get it patted out evenly, by the uneven color:

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