Puff Pastry

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup cold butter
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• cold water

Recipe

• 1 sift the flour and salt together into a bowl. make a well in the middle, add the lemon juice, and stir with a knife, adding enough cold water to make an elastic dough.
• 2 place on a floured board and knead for five minutes until the dough is smooth and doesn't stick to your fingers.
• 3 roll the dough into a rectangle large enough to cover the butter. put the butter in the middle of the dough and fold the dough ends over the butter.
• 4 flatten the dough with a rolling pin, then roll out gently (so the butter does not come through the dough) into a long strip.
• 5 fold the ends of the dough towards the middle, forming three layers. press down gently. let pastry rest in a cool place for 15 minutes.
• 6 place the pastry on a floured surface with the unsealed edge towards you. roll and fold as before. turn and repeat three more times.
• 7 leave the pastry to rest in a cool place for 10 minutes.
• 8 place the pastry on a floured surface with the unsealed edge towards you as before. roll and fold again, turning and repeating three more times, as before.
• 9 the pastry is now ready for use. use in your favorite recipe.