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Puff Pastry Dough




Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients




Puff Pastry Dough


200g unbleached flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
150 mL cold water
200g of butter + 50g more flour
1 Tbs rum or vinegar

Recipe





This is the recipe for the puff pastry dough that I used to make both savory snacks like my ****ake-feta burekas, but also for desserts like apple turnovers or sour cherry strudel. Puff pastry is really an English euphemism; the French call it pâte feuilletée but the German word “butterteig” gives you a better idea of its main ingredient! The recipe here based on my Hungarian mother-in-law’s recipe but is supplemented by some measurements from Rick Rodgers’ excellent Kaffeehaus book. The secret is the rum, which gives the dough more flakiness!

In a large bowl mix the flour and salt together, and make a well in the center. In a cup, mix the rum and cold water. Now incorporate this liquid mix into the well, a little at a time, to make the dough. You can add a little more water if necessary to incorporate all the flour. Knead the dough briefly to make it even, but realize that the dough will still be a bit sticky and rough-looking. Roll it out into a 15cm (6 in) square and cover well with plastic wrap. Place it in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.

For the butter mixture, cut the butter into little ½-inch cubes. Combine it well with an extra 50g of flour. Then place the mixture in plastic wrap and, using a rolling pin, shape it into a square a bit smaller than the dough (about 12cm or 5.5in). Stick this in the refrigerator if necessary. Remember, we want the dough and butter to be about the same temperature (60ºF) when we work with them.
With your dough cool and rested, roll it out onto a flour-dusted surface, making a 20cm (8 in) square. Place the unwrapped butter-square in the center, as a diamond inscribed in the dough square.

Mark the perimeter of the butter-square on the dough and remove the butter square. Now roll out the dough from each mark using a rolling pin, making “petals”.

Replace the butter-square in the center of the dough and fold the petals over, covering it completely. If some butter seems to be peeking out, throw on some flour to cover it up.

Rolling & Folding
Read these instructions and study the photos a couple of times until you can visualize it in your head:
Single turn: Roll out the dough into a tall rectangle, twice as long as it is wide (about 36x18cm or 14x7in).

Brush off any extra flour (extra flour hardens the dough) and keep a proper shape with nice right-angled corners. Now fold the dough like a business letter: fold the top third down and the bottom third up, making a three-layer rectangle about 12x18cm (4.5x7in).

Turn the dough to the left, so that the long side is now top to bottom.

Double turn: Dust the dough with flour and roll it out again into the long rectangle (36x18cm or 14x7in). Brush off the extra flour and fix the right angles. Now fold the dough in this manner: fold the top quarter down, and then the bottom quarter up. You’ll have a crease in the center where they meet. Fold the dough one more time at this crease creating a 4-layer rectangle 9x18cm (3.5x7in).

Flatten the dough a bit with your hands and make it even. Then wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Once your dough is rested and cooled, dust it again with flour and perform another single turn and another double turn. Finally, wrap it in plastic wrap and let it sit overnight in the refrigerator (or at least 4 hours).
Using your puff pastry dough
When you’re ready to use the dough (within 3 days), pull it out of the refrigerator and let it thaw a little bit so that you can roll it out easily. Your dough is still in its folded brick form, so you’ll need to roll it out into a giant rectangle, making the dough as thin as your recipe calls for (usually 1/8” thick).