Puff Pastry

Question 1

List the ingredients for puff pastry?

Answer 1

500 g plain flour
75 g butter, melted
250 ml water
10 g salt

Question 2

Puff pastry method?

Answer 2

1. Melt 75 g butter in small saucepan.
2. Sieve flour and salt
3. Create well in centre and add water & melted butter & combine using dough scrapper.
4. Combine on surface and knead dough until well combined.
5. Flatten dough to rectangle shape and wrap in clingfilm, flatten the dough (chills quicker) place on silver tray and store in fridge for approx. 20 mins.
6. Fold baking into an envelope shape, A4 size.
7. Place the butter inside A4 envelope and flatten the butter and roll to shape.
8. Once rolled place the butter in fridge for 5 minutes.
9. Remove butter out of fridge. The butter needs to be cold but pliable.
10. Remove dough from fridge & roll to rectangle shape, need to be rolled out to the same size as butter but ½ size bigger.
11. Cut butter in half and place on top of the dough. Fold the dough over the butter and fold the other side on top.
12. Press the dough with your rolling pin to make it longer.
13. Roll the dough out to a long rectangle, keeping the edges square and the sides straight. Mark the dough into thirds again, fold the bottom third up and the top third down. Seal the edges and give the dough a quarter turn. Repeat.
14. Every time you roll dough a single turn put dough back in clingfilm and put it back in the fridge.
15. Once five single turns have been completed wrap in clingfilm

Question 3

What’s the baking temperature & time for puff pastry?

Answer 3

180°C for 20-25 mins

Question 4

Puff pastry uses?

Answer 4

Can be used for savoury & sweet.

• Mille- feuille
• Beef wellington
• Turnovers
• Pinwheels