step-by-step

INGREDIENTS YOU'LL NEED

     Flour      Salt      Butter, chilled and cut into small cubes      Water, ice cold     

Mix the flour and salt in a large freezer-safe mixing bowl and add the chilled butter.  Cover the bowl with a plastic film and keep it in the freezer for 10-15 minutes so the butter won't melt in the next step.

1

Remove the bowl from the freezer.  Using a pastry cutter a pastry scraper, cut the butter into the flour.     

2

3

  Take the flour mixture from  the sides and start to mix with the pastry scraper as your hands warm the butter easily. Use your hands to make a ball.

Make a well in the center of the mixture and pour in the ice cold water.

4

Put the dough onto the work surface. Flour the work surface and the rolling pin. Roll out the dough into a 10-inch (25 cm)long rectangle. Brush off the excess flour with a pastry brush.

5

Fold the bottom one-third of the dough towards the center, and the top third over that.

6

Give the dough a quarter turn, and make the same steps at least 3 more times- up to 6 times. Wrap the dough in plastic film and refrigerate at least for 1 hour or freeze for 20-30 minutes before using.

Enjoy!

You can make many recipes with this quick puff pastry such as palmiers and apple turnovers.