About the bake
Making puff pastry couldn't be easier, follow our guide and impress your friends. Will they be able to tell the difference between shop bought and homemade?! Don't forget to freeze any leftovers to use again on a rainy day.
Method
Step 1:
Sift together the flour and the salt into a mixing bowl. Work the butter with a knife until it is soft. Rub 50g butter into the flour and salt.
Step 2:
Add the water and lemon juice and mix to a farily soft elastic dough. Knead lightly on a floured surface until smooth.
Step 3:
Roll out the dough into an oblong, 3 times as long as it is wide
Step 4:
Dice the remaining butter and put 1/4 of it over the top 2/3 of dough. fold the bottom third up and the top third down and turn it around, so that the folds are now at the sides. Seal the edges by pressing with a rolling pin.
Step 5:
Repeat the rolling and folding process until all the butter is used. Wrap the dough in clingfilm and chill for at least 30 minutes before using.
Ingredients
- 225g Allinson's Plain White Flour
- 1pinch Salt
- 225g Butter (unsalted)
- 8 tbsp Water (cold)
- 1 tsp Juice of one whole lemon
- 225g Allinson's Plain White Flour
Recipe Reviews
2nd recipe that i've tried from this site, this may be my favourite recipe site! I'm only 10, and I got a bit nervous with all the folding and stuff, but I managed to do it!
This time I will get it right and make the perfect puff pastry!
Goanna
Seem great ill try it ,thank you for the recipe 😍🙏
Easy recipe. Pastry is beautiful and flaky
this is a good thing to make i really do recimend please try out this recipe love it i
hi i am kaylah i am 12 years old and this is a great recipe for younger people this is a really easy recipe i loved mixing the flour and butter. Also i really liked the rolling part of this recipe. i am making a chicken pie with this pastry.
Ingredients
- 225g Allinson's Plain White Flour
- 1pinch Salt
- 225g Butter (unsalted)
- 8 tbsp Water (cold)
- 1 tsp Juice of one whole lemon
- 225g Allinson's Plain White Flour