Puff Pastry
Master the art of homemade puff pastry with this step-by-step guide to achieving buttery, flaky perfection from scratch. This puff pastry recipe combines simple ingredients—flour, butter, water, and salt—with a classic French folding technique to create over hundreds of delicate layers. Perfect for both sweet and savory dishes, this versatile dough is the base for everything from golden, airy pastries to elegant tarts. While it requires a bit of patience and care, the reward is a rich and tender pastry that far surpasses store-bought versions in flavor and texture. Whether you're crafting a decadent dessert or a gourmet appetizer, this recipe is your ticket to bakery-quality results right at home.
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Recipe Information
Ingredients
- 400 grams All-purpose flour
- 300 grams Unsalted butter (cold)
- 180 milliliters Water (cold)
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 50 grams Extra flour (for dusting)
Instructions
In a large mixing bowl, combine the all-purpose flour and salt.
Cut 100 grams of cold unsalted butter into small cubes and add to the flour.
Using your fingers or a pastry cutter, break the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Gradually add the cold water while mixing with a spoon or your hands until the dough comes together into a rough ball. Do not overmix.
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
While the dough chills, prepare the remaining 200 grams of butter by placing it between two sheets of parchment paper. Pound or roll it into a flat, rectangular shape about 1 cm thick. Chill this butter sheet in the refrigerator.
On a lightly floured surface, roll the chilled dough into a rectangle about twice the size of the butter sheet.
Place the butter sheet in the center of the dough, then fold the edges of the dough over the butter, fully encasing it like an envelope.
Roll the dough out into a long rectangle, being careful to work gently to avoid tearing the dough. Fold the rectangle into thirds, like a business letter.
Rotate the dough 90 degrees, roll it out again, and fold into thirds. This completes the first two "turns."
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Repeat the rolling and folding process (steps 9–10) two more times for a total of six "turns," chilling the dough for 30 minutes between every two turns.
After the final turn, wrap the dough tightly in plastic wrap and let it chill for at least 1 hour, or ideally overnight, before using.
Your puff pastry is now ready to be rolled out and used for pies, tarts, turnovers, or other recipes.
Nutrition Facts
Calories |
3791 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
% Daily Value* |
|||
| Total Fat | 247.8 g | 318% | |
| Saturated Fat | 154.6 g | 773% | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.0 g | ||
| Cholesterol | 655 mg | 218% | |
| Sodium | 2410 mg | 105% | |
| Total Carbohydrate | 343.0 g | 125% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 12.4 g | 44% | |
| Total Sugars | 1.6 g | ||
| Protein | 49.3 g | 99% | |
| Vitamin D | 3.7 mcg | 18% | |
| Calcium | 128 mg | 10% | |
| Iron | 19.3 mg | 107% | |
| Potassium | 542 mg | 12% | |
*The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
