Flaky pastry

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      Easy

Appears in
The Floral Baker: Cakes, Pastries and Breads

By Frances Bissell

Published 2014

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Make the pastry as for short pastry above, using only half the butter. After it has been chilled for 30 minutes, roll the dough into a rectangle, with the short sides top and bottom. Dot half the remaining butter over the bottom two-thirds of the dough. Fold the top third down and the bottom third over it. Press to seal the sides. Give a quarter turn and roll out again to the same rectangular shape you started with. Fold it into three as before, without the butter; give it another quarter t

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