Puff pastry
- 09.03.2017
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Discover light, golden flaky pastry with this step-by-step recipe for all your puff pastry needs.
Recipe «Puff pastry» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 225g plain flour, Pinch of salt, 30g lard, chopped, 125ml iced water, 200g butter .
Ingredients:
- 225g plain flour
- Pinch of salt
- 30g lard, chopped
- 125ml iced water
- 200g butter
Instructions
- Place the flour and salt in a large bowl. Use your fingertips to rub the lard into the flour until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- Add the water and use a round-bladed knife to stir until a dough forms. Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface and gently knead until just smooth. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 30 minutes to rest.
- Use a lightly floured rolling pin to roll out the dough to a 10 x 30cm rectangle. Place butter between 2 sheets of plastic wrap and tap with a rolling pin to make a 8 x 9cm rectangle. Lay dough on a lightly floured surface with a short edge closest to you. Remove the plastic wrap from the butter and place in the centre of the dough. Fold the end closest to you over the butter, then fold the opposite end over the top (the butter should now be enclosed in the dough).
- Turn dough 90° clockwise and gently press edges together. Use a lightly floured rolling pin to gently tap to flatten butter. Roll out dough to a 10 x 30cm rectangle and repeat folding process as before. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 30 minutes to rest.
- Remove dough from the fridge and repeat rolling and folding process 2 more times. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 30 minutes to rest. Repeat rolling and folding process a further 2 times and place in the fridge for 30 minutes to rest. (Dough should have been folded and rolled 6 times altogether.)