Nick Malgieri

Quickest Puff Pastry

Preparation info
  • About

    1½ pounds

    dough
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
How to Bake
How to Bake

By Nick Malgieri

Published 1995

  • About

Although the standard type of quick puff pastry is not very time-consuming, this version, which uses a food processor to mix and adds a technique for rolling, rather than only folding the dough, is much faster.

Ingredients

  • 10 ounces (2½ sticks) cold unsalted butter
  • ½ cup cold tap water, plus 1

Method

  1. Cut 8 ounces (2 sticks) of the butter into ½-to ½-inch dice, place on a plate, and refrigerate while preparing the remaining ingredients.
  2. Measure the water and stir in the salt to dissolve. Set aside.
  3. Coarsely dice the remaining 4 tablespoons (½ stick) of butter. Place the flour in the work bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal blade. Add the 4