Puff Pastry Recipe
Light and flaky, homemade Puff Pastry comes together with 5 pantry staples and a little effort! You’ll love my no-fuss shortcut method to easily make this laminated pastry from scratch.
Servings 1 (11-inch) square sheet
Calories 2584kcal
Equipment
- Rolling Pin
- Whisk
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter cold (227g)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (240g)
- 1 tablespoon sugar (12g)
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt (2g)
- 8 to 10 tablespoons cold water (120-150 mL)
Instructions
- Place butter in the freezer for 10 minutes.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, and salt.
- Grate the frozen butter into the flour. (Dice the remaining end of butter that you can’t grate.) Toss the butter into the flour mixture with your hands until well coated.
- Drizzle 6 tablespoons of water over the mixture and begin folding the mixture together until the mixture starts to clump together. Continue adding water a tablespoon at a time until a loose and crumbled 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 1-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, and chill for at least 2 hours or up to 2 days, or placed in a freezer bag and freeze for up to 2 months.
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Notes
- Only use as much flour as necessary to roll out the dough. If you are over-flouring your surface, you will incorporate more flour into the dough than needed. Too much flour leads to a tougher pastry and prevents the layers from sticking together when laminating.
Nutrition
Calories: 2584kcal | Carbohydrates: 203g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 187g | Saturated Fat: 117g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 48g | Trans Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 488mg | Sodium: 1199mg | Potassium: 322mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 5673IU | Calcium: 96mg | Iron: 12mg