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Puff pastry

This recipe comes from a wonderful book about the basics of professional pastry arts. You will need a lot of time to prepare this dough but the final effect is definitely worth it.

Preparation time 90 minutes

INGREDIENTS

  • 500 g all purpouse flour
  • 250 g butter or margarine with 82% inhoud of fat
  • 150 g butter or margarine with 82% inhoud of fat
  • 260 ml cold water
  • 10 g salt

PREPARATION

Put the flour in a circle on a worksheet. Sprinkle salt on the outside of the flower. Pour the water in the middle and do the even 250 grams of butter. Combine all this with the flour slowly until a homogeneous dough and let it rest for 20 minutes under plastic.

Roll the dough into a square of 8 mm thick. Coat the remaining butter equal to 2/3 of the rectangle. Fold the dough towards the center closed, starting with the part without butter. It is now ready to be toured. Sprinkle the work surface with a little flour. Roll the dough into a rectangle 1 cm thick. Make sure there is no flour remains on the dough. Fold the dough into thirds – this is the first tour in three.

Roll the dough out again into a rectangle 1 cm thick in the opposite direction. Remove the flower of the dough and fold into thirds – this is the second round in threes. Wrap the dough in foil and let rest for 20 minutes in the refrigerator .

After 20 minutes, repeat the procedure, so you get four rows obtained in three. Wrap the dough in foil and leave to rest in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.

After 20 minutes, repeat the process so that you now have six rows obtained in three. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let rest for 20 minutes in the refrigerator.

Finally, wrap the dough in plastic wrap and if you do not go into a cake edit it immediately put it to use in the freezer.

1. If you use the butter to the dough, then let the dough rest for up to 30 minutes after each round.
2. The roll in opposite directions provides for a smooth operation of the dough.
3. Puff pastry can be stored until the next day. Refrigerate after four tours in three.
4. The dough like the unbaked pastry products can be stored. For a longer period in the freezer


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