How to Make Puff Pastry

Sift together the flour and the salt into a mixing bowl.

Work the butter with a knife until it is soft. Rub 50 g| 2 oz butter into the flour and salt.

Add the water and lemon juice and mix to a farily soft elastic dough.

Knead lightly on a floured surface until smooth.

Roll out the dough into an oblong, 3 times as long as it is wide.

Dice the remaining butter and put 1/4 of it over the top 2/3 of dough. fold the bottom third up and the top third down and give it a half turn, so that the folds are now at the sides. Seal the edges by pressing with a rolling pin.

Repeat the rolling and folding process until all the butter is used.