Easy Puff Pastry Recipe (rough puff pastry)
Making your own puff pastry is not difficult and gives you the perfect base for all kinds of sweet and savory puff pastry snacks.
Servings: 1 sheet
Ingredients
- 250 grams all purpose flour
- generous pinch of salt
- 250 grams unsalted butter diced and ice cold
- 125 ml ice water
Instructions
- Put the water in the fridge well in advance so that it is really cold when you add it. Cold water from the tap is not cold enough and makes it difficult to make puff pastry.
- Mix the flour and salt in a bowl. Add the cubed (cold) butter and mix well. Add the water and knead briefly. The flour should be absorbed, but the butter cubes should still be visible. Form a disk, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- You are now going to make a turn: Dust your work surface generously with flour and roll out the dough into a rectangle. Fold in thirds, turn a quarter of the way around and roll out again into a rectangle. Fold in thirds again. This is called a turn.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Then repeat this process (one full turn) two more times for a total of 3 full turns.
- After the last round, leave the dough in the refrigerator until you need it.
Tips
Let the dough rest between rounds for at least 30 minutes, but not for hours. This will make it difficult to roll out properly.
How to store
Keep in refrigerator for 3-4 days. Can be frozen for up to 1 month.