Start with all ingredients cold. Lay out two squares of wax paper that you will need after the dough is made.

1. Combine the salt into the flour.
2. Cut the butter into the flour with a fork, a pastry blender, or a quick pulse from a food processor. You want little pea-sized bits of butter covered with flour. This is how it gets flaky.
3. Sprinkle the ice water over the mixture and lift and toss until it starts to come together.
4. Knead it quickly and lightly. Try to avoid melting the butter. It's OK if it looks a little raggy; you do not need a homogeneous mixture. There's a helpful video in my YouTube Favorites.
5. Form it into two flattened balls and wrap them in the wax paper. Chill a while so the butter firms up.