Rough Puff Pastry

Name: Rough Puff Pastry
Yield: Makes • about 2 lb [900 g]
Ingredients: 2 cups [284 g] all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting; 1½ cups [3 sticks or 339 g] unsalted butter, cut into 20 pieces; ¼ cup [60 g] ice water, plus 1 to 2 tablespoons, as needed; ½ teaspoon lemon juice; 1 tablespoon granulated sugar; ½ teaspoon salt

Preparation info

Makes • about
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

100 Afternoon Sweets

By Sarah Kieffer

Published 2024

About

This is my shortcut to puff pastry, a recipe method less exacting and labor-intensive than the real thing. But you don’t lose out on rich, flaky layers; this rough puff boasts those in spades.

Ingredients

2 cups [284 g] all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
1½ cups [3

Pastry
Vegetarian

Method

1) Dust a sheet pan or plate with flour and set aside. Place the butter pieces in a small bowl in the freezer for 5 to 10 minutes.

2) In a liquid measuring cup, combine ¼ cup [60 g] of the ice water and the lemon juice.

3) In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle, mix together the flour, granulated sugar, and salt on low speed. Add the chilled butter and mix until only