My food processor's been on the blink for over a year. It used to make my pastry for me. Lately, I've had to do it myself. I've rubbed butter into flour with my very own fingers. Dripped in the water, just enough to make the dough come together. I've kneaded it, but not too much.
Rest it in the fridge. Roll it out. Drape it across the tin then gently push it in.
It's become one of my very favourite things to do.
When I get the food processor fixed, if I do, I'll let it make pesto. Almond meal. Fish cakes.
But I might keep the pasty making just for me.
{We made a pie with those apples. And then another.}
