Quick Puff Pastry

Some purists may still make the laborious type of puff pastry that involves preparing a dough and wrapping it around a square of softened butter before beginning the rolling and folding process.

I abandoned it a long time ago, especially since I know that no one, including me, has the time for long versions of recipes when equally good and faster versions exist. Making quick puff pastry, sometimes also referred to as rough puff pastry, is a one-step mixing process immediately followed by rolling and folding that’s completed without chilling the dough either after mixing or after any of the folds. It does take a bit of time to prepare, but still only about a third of the time (or less) that the traditional version takes. If you’re really pressed for time, there is an even faster version made in the food processor that will take about twenty minutes.