The puff pastry

The first French dishes we ask to me to learn is one of the more difficult. But croissants are famous and it's the base: the puff pastry!

For this you have need:

• 250g of flour (white)
• 125g of water
• 5g of salt
• 185g of butter

1- Do a hole in the center of the flour.

2- Add the salt and the water (at normal temperature) in the hole.

3- Mix to add the flour.

To obtain a pastry where the flour is completely mix.

4- Do a cross with a knife in the pastry

5- Place the pastry in the fridge during 15 minutes.

In the same time take out the butter.

6- The butter should be easy to move but not hot. For this stamp the butter with a rolling pin.

Take out of fridge the pastry.

Put some flour on the table.

7- Flatter the four corner to do a cross with the pastry. Not flatter the center of the pastry!

8- Put the butter at the center of the cross.

9- Fold the corner of the pastry on the butter

 

10- Roll the pastry in lenght.

Warning: It should not have hole in the pastry. The butter shouldn't go out!

11- Turn the pastry from 1/4.

12- Fold in 3.

 

13- Try again the part number 10; 11 and 12. Only 2 times and put the pastry in the fridge during 15 minutes.

14- Try again the part number 10;11 and 12; 2 times and put the pastry in the fridge during 15 minutes.

15- Try again (and for the last time) the part number 10; 11 and 12; 2 times.

16- Put 30minutes the pastry in the fridge.

It's ready to use! You can keep it during 4 days in the fridge or some weeks in the freezer.