20cm/8” pie or flan dish and mixing bowl

200g FREEE Plain White Flour
¼ tsp FREEE Xanthan Gum
pinch of salt
1 egg
50ml cold water
50ml olive oil
flour, for dusting
butter, for pie or flan dish

190°C, Fan 170°C, 375°F, Gas 5 or according to your recipe 

1. Pre-heat the oven.
2. Rub some butter around the inside a 20cm/8” pie or flan dish or insert a baking liner.
3. Measure the flour, xanthan gum and salt into a bowl, stir to combine then sieve into a mixing bowl.
4. Break the egg into the bowl, add the water and oil and beat together well.
5. Tip this into the flour and stir to make a dough. 
6. Using your hands, gather everything together to form a ball of pastry dough. 
7. Cover and rest for 10 minutes.
8. Dust the work surface with a little flour, put the pastry in the middle and sprinkle it with flour.
9. Roll out the pastry into a circle 5cm/2” larger than your dish OR simply press the pastry into the dish using your fingers.
10. Cut away any pastry that hangs over the edge of the dish.