Danish Pastry – Raisin Whirls

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    8

    Whirls Using a Half Portion of Danish Pastry
    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      50 min

Appears in
The Pink Whisk Guide to Bread Making

By Ruth Clemens

Published 2013

  • About

There’s nothing more satisfying than the smell (and taste!) of a freshly baked Danish pastry. They aren’t difficult to make, but you need to plan in advance. The pastry, once made, keeps well in the fridge for up to three days and can be frozen in half portions to use at a later date.

Ingredients

Danish Pastry

  • 350 g (12 oz) strong white bread flour
  • 40 g (

Method

Danish Pastry

  1. Place the flour, sugar and dried yeast into the bowl of a food processor and give it a quick blitz to mix evenly. Add the butter and blitz again, until the butter is broken up into pebble-like chunks.

  2. Tip the mixture out into a large bowl and make a well in the centre. Measure the milk and wate