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Puff Pastry Recipe
by Elaine

Puff Pastry

A highly versatile pastry, and it's not nearly as difficult to make as you might think!

Rating: 5/5
Avg. 5/5 1 vote
Prep time: Canada Canadian
  Servings: 1

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces flour
  • 4 ounces butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 drops lemon juice
  • cold water

Directions

  1. Sieve the flour and salt into a bowl;
  2. add the lemon juice and the butter broken into pieces the size of a walnut.
  3. Add sufficient cold water to bind the ingredients together.
  4. Turn on to a floured board, and roll the pastry into a long strip.
  5. Fold it in three, and press the edges together.
  6. Half turn the pastry, roll it with the rolling pin to equalize the air in it, and again roll it into a strip.
  7. Fold in three and repeat this until the pastry has had four rolls, folds and half-turns.
  8. Refrigerate until ready to use, or use immediately.