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Puff Pastry | Puff Pastry Sheets | Puff Pastry Recipe (THREE WAYS)

Puff pastry is a laminated dough with layers of butter which puffs and crisps up as it bakes. Here I have shared three version of puff pastry recipe.
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Prep Time: 30 minutes
Restime time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 12 servings

Ingredients

Puff Pastry with Butter

  • 3¼ cup All Purpose Flour / Maida (400 grams)
  • 1 ¾ cup Cold Butter 300 gram + 100 grams cubed
  • 2 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Powdered Sugar
  • ¾ cup Cold Water

Puff Pastry with Vanaspati

  • 2 cups All Purpose Flour
  • ½ cup Vanaspati
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 120 ml Water

Puff Pastry with Shortening

  • 4 cups All purpose flour
  • 2 tsp Salt
  • 1⅓ cup Shortening (300 grams)
  • ½ cup Cold Water
  • ½ cup Unsalted Butter (100 grams)

Instructions

Puff Pastry with Butter

  • First make the dough. Take flour in a large mixing bowl. Add in salt and powdered sugar and mix well. Now add in 100 grams of cold butter and crumble it with your hands. Now add in ice cold water slowly and make into a soft dough. Shape the dough into a rectangle and cover it with plastic wrap. Place it in a steel plate and put in the fridge for 30 mins.
  • Now take the 300 gram of cold butter and place it over a plastic wrap. Put another plastic wrap over the top of the butter and use a rolling pin to bash the butter into a little thin rectangle.
  • Spread a plastic wrap and place the dough over it. Cover with another plastic wrap and roll it into thin sheets. Now fold them from both ends and invert them and roll it again into thin rectangle. Fold them from both ends. Cover this with plastic wrap and put them into fridge for 30 mins. (REFER IMAGE FOR UNDERSTANDING)
  • Now repeat the step 3 for 3 more times. So you are totally doing it for 4 times. Each time you are doing it for 2 times. So totally you are doing it for 8 times. Each time you have to put in the fridge for 30 mins.
  • Now take the dough out of fridge. Roll it into a thin rectangle sheet. Cut it into the squares of your liking.
  • Place the dough squares in fridge for about 1 hour or 30 mins in freezer. Now you can use it to make any puffs you like.

Puff Pastry with Vanaspati

  • Take flour in a bowl, add salt to it and mix well. Add in 50 grams of vanaspati and use your fork to mix it through.
  • Now slowly add water and make it into a dough.
  • Now take the dough in a back side of a tray or a clean work surface. Spread a 1 to 2 tbsp of shortening over it and spread into an even thin layer. Now fold this in three and invert them and roll it again into thin rectangle. Now spread again a layer of shortening,  Fold them into three and roll again. (REFER IMAGE FOR UNDERSTANDING)
  • Now repeat this 3 to 4 times.
  • Now you can cut this into squares or as needed and fill it with any filling of your choice and bake as needed.
  • The baking temperature is 220 degree C for 25 to 30 mins.

Puff Pastry with Shortening

  • Cream butter, salt till creamy. Add in flour and mix well into the butter.
  • Add in cold water and knead to a soft dough. Set aside covered for 15 mins.
  • Now take the dough and roll it into a sheet.
  • Spread shortening all over it evenly.
  • Fold it as shown in the pictures.
  • Repeat this 4 to 5 times.
  • Roll it into a rectangle and trim off the sides to get clean edges. Cut it into required shapes. Use as needed.

Video

Notes

  • The first thing you should remember is always keep the dough cold while making the entire process. If you feel like the dough and butter is getting warm, put that in fridge till it gets firm and cold.
  • Make sure the puff sheet is cold before putting it in the oven. This will make it rise better and make it flaky.
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