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Quick Puff Pastry with Butter and Water

A great recipe for delicious, quick-to-make dough! Quick puff pastry is aptly named — it really is easier and faster to make than classic puff pastry, as the author can personally confirm. I'm happy to share the little tricks here.

Valeria

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Butter (or margarine)

200

Flour (sifted)

Water

0.6

Sugar (granulated)

Salt

0.25

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 8 % 5 g

Fats 45 % 29 g

Carbohydrates 48 % 31 g

397 kcal

GI: 0 / 0 / 100

Cooking method

Step 1:

The ingredients.
Step 2:

Start by clearing a clean work surface and sifting a thin layer of flour onto it,
Step 3:

then scatter small pieces of butter (or margarine) over it. Now finely chop the butter with a sharp knife.
Step 4:

Now pour in cold water, add the granulated sugar and table salt, and stir until the salt and sugar fully dissolve.
Step 5:

Then pour the cold water into the chopped, sifted flour and butter and knead the dough as quickly as you can. Everything should be cold. Small pieces of butter should stay visible in the dough.
Step 6:

Then cover the finished dough with a slightly damp clean cloth or kitchen towel and put it in a cold place for 1–2 hours. After that, take the dough out of the refrigerator and roll it out 2–3 times. Then make whatever pastry you like.

Important!
If you knead the dough until it's perfectly smooth, it will turn out short and crumbly. But if you keep it very cold while kneading and leave pieces of butter in it, the butter will form layers once rolled out. After baking they aren't quite like true puff pastry, but the dough still flakes nicely.
Be prepared for the flour to need adjusting — you may need more or less than the recipe states. Go by the desired consistency of the dough rather than the exact amount of flour. To avoid mistakes, read up on flour and its properties!