Homemade puff pastry recipe

Homemade Puff Pastry recipe

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In this blog post I will guide you thru the steps and ingredients needed to craft this recipe. Grab your favorite apron and let's start.
Looking to make your own puff pastry from scratch? This homemade puff pastry recipe is the perfect guide to creating flaky, buttery layers of pastry goodness. With just a few simple ingredients and a little bit of patience, you can achieve restaurant-quality results in the comfort of your own kitchen. From savory turnovers to sweet pastries, this versatile recipe will elevate your baking game to new heights.

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Homemade puff pastry recipe details

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Ingredients

250 g	flour
250 g	butter
25 g	melted butter
25 g	flour
1	egg yolk
2 tbsp	cold water

Instructions

Mix 250g butter with 25g flour, form to a square, wrap with foil and place into the fridge. Put 250g flour into a bowl and add the melted butter and the egg-yolk and mix well. Carefully add the water, you might not need all. The dough will be soft but pliable. Form to a ball and place into the fridge for 45 minutes.

Roll out this dough into a rectangle of approximately 20 x 40cm. Roll out the cold butter mix in the same shape but slightly smaller than the dough. Put the butter rectangle on top of the dough and place the rectangle in front of you, with the smaller side to you. Fold over one third from the front side over the middle and one third from the upper side down. Roll out the three layered dough again into a rectangle of the same size as before and fold as before. Wrap into foil and chill for 30 minutes. Repeat the folding and rolling out procedure at least 4 times more. The more layers you fold the more the puff pastry will rise. Normally I fold 7 times.

You can use this dough immediately or freeze it in portions. I do not advise to make smaller portions because of the hard and time consuming work. This will give you a dough of more or less 550g.

Once you made this dough for yourself you will notice the difference in taste from the ready made one. It’s worth trying!

Preparation time:
ca. 30 min
Resting time:
ca. 3 hrs
Grade of difficulty:
tricky
Calories per portion:
n/a