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Ingredients: 
Plain flour     200 g
Fat             100 g  (50 g margarine or butter)
                (50 g lard)
Salt            1/2 level tsp
Cold water      about 8 tsp



Method:
1. Sieve flour and salt together into a bowl.
2. Add the fat and cut into small pieces.
3. Rub the fat into the flour with fingertips, until mixture resembles fine 
   bread-crumbs, lifting flour and fat to incorporate as much air as possible.
4. Add cold water all at once.
5. Cut and stir with a round-ended knife until large lumps are formed.
6. Mix together lightly with fingertips until a ball is formed.
7. Turn into a lightly-floured and knead lightly until cracks are removed.
8. Rest for a while before rolling out.