Classic Puff Pastry Recipe

1      Reviews by:    Rama A. Steen   Classic Puff Pastry Recipe uses all-purpose flour, white pastry flour and unsalted butter to create a puff pastry which is the foundation for many delicious and tasty pastries. Food Category:    Pies and Pastries Cuisine Origin:    Northeastern    Servings:1 Nutrition facts:2819 calories227.5 grams fat Print Preview Rate This Recipe Prep Time:   3 Hours 8 Minutes Cook Time:   1 Minutes Total Time:   3 Hours 9 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon unbleached white pastry flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 1/2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon ice water
• 1 cup cold unsalted butter

DIRECTIONS

• Place flours, salt, and the 3 1/2 tablespoons butter (cut into small pieces) in bowl of food processor fitted with metal blade. Process with one-second pulses until butter is cut into the flour and resembles coarse meal. This may also be done by hand in a medium bowl with a wire pastry blender or two knives.
• Empty flour mixture into a bowl and sprinkle a scant 1/2 cup of the cold water over it; toss with fingertips to moisten flour. Add more water, a few drops at a time, until mixture is just moist enough to be gathered into a ball; knead two or three times to form a soft, smooth ball of dough.
• Cut an X into top of dough, 1/2 inch deep, with a knife; wrap well. Refrigerate until firm (2 to 3 hours). Can be refrigerated overnight.

HOME