Puff pastry

There are times of the year when it is difficult to make puff pastry - hot humid days are the worst. Otherwise the results from home-made puff pastry are completely different from the shop-bought product, which uses strong flour and pastry margarine rather than soft flour and butter. It is possible, in the restaurant trade, to buy well-made puff pastry, but it is far too expensive to be available at your local supermarket. This may change, but meanwhile the time and effort involved in makin