Puff Pastry
Total Time: 3 hoursYield: 1 Sheet
Source: preppykitchen.com
Category: Dessert
Ingredients
1 cup Unsalted Butter (cold)2 cups Flour
1 tablespoon Sugar
1⁄2 teaspoon Salt
8 tablespoons Cold Water (add up to 2 tablespoons)
Directions
- Place butter in the freezer for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, in a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, and salt.
- Grate the frozen butter into the flour. Toss the butter into the flour mixture with your hands until well coated.
- Drizzle with 6 tablespoons of water over the mixture and fold the mixture together until it clumps together. Continue adding water a tablespoon at a time until a loose and crumble dough forms. It should hold when squeezed.
- Gently knead the dough a few times in the bowl until a cohesive mass is formed. Shape into a ½-inch thick square and wrap tightly in plastic wrap. Chill for 1 hour.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll the chilled dough into a 1/2-inch-thick rectangle. Fold the dough in thirds like a letter. Turn 90 degrees. Repeat rolling, folding, and rotating 3 more times.
- Fold back into thirds, wrap tightly, then chill for at least 2 hours or up to 2 days, or placed in a freezer bag and freeze for up to 2 months.