Name: Puff Pastry
Yield: Yield ten 5- by 5-inch pieces ⅛ inch thick or twenty 4- by 5-inch pieces 1/16 inch thick
Ingredients: 1 pound cold sweet butter; ½ cup ice cold water; ½ teaspoon salt; 2 cups plus about ½ cup flour

Preparation info

Yield
ten
5- by 5 inch pieces ⅛ inch thick or twenty 4- by 5-inch pieces 1/16 inch thick

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Stars Desserts

By Emily Luchetti

Published 1993

About

Don’t be alarmed at the thought of making your own puff pastry—it just requires a little concentration. It may take you a few tries to master the techniques, but be patient and you will be able to produce flaky, light puff pastry in no time. The actual working time is not long, but seems that way because you have to allow time for the dough to rest. Well-wrapped puff pastry will keep for a week i