Pate Brisee

Ingredients for dough:
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1/2 cup ice water

Preparing the dough:
Place flour, salt and sugar in the work bowl of a food processor. Add butter pieces and process for about 10 seconds, or just until mixture resembles a coarse meal. With machine running, add ice water, drop by drop, through food-processor feed tube. When dough holds together but is not wet or sticky, stop adding; do not process for longer than 30 seconds. Test dough by squeezing a small amount together. If it is still crumbly, add more water. Divide dough in half and turn out onto two large pieces of plastic wrap. Press dough into flat circles (this makes rolling easier than if the pastry is chilled as a ball). Wrap in plastic and chill for at least an hour.