Puff Pastry Recipe

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Puff Pastry
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Ingredients
6
Count
Nutrition
886
Calories
Total time
60
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup ice water
  • 1 pinch flour

Directions:

  1. Ok, you get the whole story!
  2. Before beginning the adventure with puff paste there is one thing to be explained that will make its compositions comparatively easy.
  3. (Ha Ha!) The butter used must be washed.
  4. The purpose of washing it is to make it elastic.
  5. It should be soft through being kneaded, but in no sense soft through being melted- quite the contrary, it must be soft and cold at the same time.
  6. In winter turn on the cold water faucet.
  7. Manipulate the butter with the hands under the stream of cold water until it is creamy and waxy.
  8. At other seasons, do this in a quart of ice water placed in a bowl of ice.
  9. The butter may be kneaded with a spoon if preferred.
  10. The final kneading of the butter is done on a board or it is patted briskly in the hands until no water flies.
  11. This is the recipe of a professional cook.
  12. As it calls for egg yolks it differs from the orthodox rule for puff paste.
  13. However, her results are remarkable and her method is simple, so I am giving it in preference to the usual rather complicated recipes.
  14. (Ha Ha again, it is complicated!) She stresses 2 points: Keep the hands, the bowl, the board and the rolling pin as cold as possible.
  15. (Ha Ha, your hands will be frostbitten!) A cold windy day is best for making puff paste.
  16. Work with hands,as in the first paragraph, under water, 1 cup of butter.
  17. Place 1/4 cup butter in a cold bowl.
  18. Form the remainder into a square and place it where it will keep cold.
  19. Add to the butter in the bowl, the flour and salt, work these ingredients with a pastry blender, 2 knives or the finger tips.
  20. Beat and add 1/4 cup ice water and 2 egg yolks, (the yolks may be omitted, in that case use in all, 6 tablespoons of water).
  21. Work these ingredients well with the hands.
  22. If necessary add, to loosen the dough from the bowl, a pinch of flour.
  23. Place the dough were it will be cold but will not freeze, preferably in the open air.
  24. If it is not possible to do this, fold the dough in a clean cloth and place it in a dripping pan that has been placed between 2 dripping pans filled with ice.
  25. After 15 minutes, roll the dough into a square on a floured board.
  26. Roll it one way only, not back and forth.
  27. A good way is out from the centre.
  28. Put the square of butter in the centre of the dough and fold the 4 corners to the centre completely covering the butter.
  29. Permit the dough to stand on a cloth or piece of waxed paper in a cold place for 1/2 hour.
  30. Turn it once to keep it from becoming dry.
  31. Roll out the dough again into a square and fold the corners to the centre.
  32. Permit it to stand again for 1/2 hour.
  33. Repeat this process.
  34. The dough must be chilled and rolled at least 4 times in all.
  35. Chill the dough until you are ready to use it.
  36. Wrapped in waxed paper it may be kept in the refrigerator for several days.
  37. Roll it, cut it into shapes.
  38. Chill it again and bake it.
  39. One of the secrets of success of puff paste is to have it ice cold when placed in a hot oven.
  40. The matter of baking puff paste is a moot point.
  41. In all rules the very cold paste is put into a very hot oven- 500°F.
  42. In some it is baked at this temperature throughout.
  43. In this case the pastry is covered with waxed paper after 10 minutes baking.
  44. In other rules the heat is reduced 50 degrees every 5 minutes until the temperature is 350°F for final baking.
  45. GOOD LUCK!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 885.79 Kcal (3709 kJ)
Calories from fat 867.16 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 96.35g 148%
Cholesterol 408.3mg 136%
Sodium 385.45mg 16%
Potassium 146.44mg 3%
Total Carbs 2g 1%
Sugars 0.89g 4%
Dietary Fiber 0.3g 1%
Protein 7.46g 15%
Vitamin C 0.3mg 0%
Vitamin A 1.1mg 38%
Iron 1.2mg 7%
Calcium 89.9mg 9%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 471.29 Kcal (1973 kJ)
Calories from fat 461.38 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 51.26g 148%
Cholesterol 217.24mg 136%
Sodium 205.08mg 16%
Potassium 77.91mg 3%
Total Carbs 1.06g 1%
Sugars 0.47g 4%
Dietary Fiber 0.16g 1%
Protein 3.97g 15%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.6mg 38%
Iron 0.6mg 7%
Calcium 47.8mg 9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 25.7
    Points
  • 26
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • sugar free

Bad Points

  • High in Total Fat

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