How to Make Puff Pastry
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advanced
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Preparation:
35 min.
Preparation
ready in 1 hr 5 min.
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Ingredients
for
450
- Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 8 Tbsps cold water
- lemon juice
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saltPreparation steps
1.
Sift together the flour and the salt into a mixing bowl.
2.
Work the butter with a knife until it is soft. Rub 50 g| 2 oz butter into the flour and salt.
3.
Add the water and lemon juice and mix to a farily soft elastic dough.
4.
Knead lightly on a floured surface until smooth.
5.
Roll out the dough into an oblong, 3 times as long as it is wide.
6.
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.
7.
Repeat the rolling and folding process until all the butter is used.
8.
Wrap the dough in clingfilm and chill for at least 30 minutes before using.
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