Preparation info
  • Makes about

    pounds pastry , or enough for a sheet pan–size piece (about 13 by 18 inches / 33 by 46 cm) once rolled
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
French at Heart: Recipes That Bring France Home

By Marjorie Taylor and Kendall Smith Franchini

Published 2025

  • About

We love to make puff pastry; it’s one of our favorite things to do. However, when you need just enough for one quick dessert or apéro (like Herbed Cheese Straws), making a slightly quicker version is a great shortcut. In our first cookbook, The Cook’s Atelier, we made the classic version (pâte feuilletée) that requires a very temperature-sensitive lamination of dough and softened butter, made by performing six