How to make puff pastry: complete step by step

180 min.

6 servings

The puff pastry recipe will win your heart and once you learn how to make it, you won’t want to stop! A homemade puff pastry goes well at any time of the day, and with a little coffee to go with it, it’s perfect!

If you want to know how to make puff pastry, just follow the complete step by step we have prepared for you!

Contenus

Ingredients

500g of Famiglia Venturelli wheat flour
1 cup of cold water
500g of butter (at room temperature)
1 pinch of salt

Method of preparation

Pour the flour and salt into a large bowl. Punch a hole in the middle, like a volcano. If you have a planetary mixer, use it to prepare this recipe, it will be easier.

Pour the water into the hole in the center and, with your hands, mix the flour with the water in a circular motion, moving from the inside to the outside. When you get a compact and smooth dough, set aside. If you notice that the dough is too soft after kneading for 2-3 minutes, add a little more flour. If it’s too dry, add a little more water.

To prepare homemade puff pastry, the butter should be at room temperature: solid but slightly softened. That way, it will be easier to incorporate into the dough. Cut the butter into 8 cubes of the same size. If you want to use margarine instead of butter, use it slightly chilled to achieve the same consistency as butter.

Sprinkle flour on a surface and, using a rolling pin, roll out the dough into a rectangle. Place 2 cubes of butter in the center and close, folding both ends of the dough over the butter. Then smooth with a rolling pin, crushing the butter into the dough. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Take the dough out of the fridge and roll it out into a rectangle again. Place 2 more pieces of butter in the center of the dough, and fold as shown in the image below.

Smooth again with the roller. Repeat the same process twice more, reserving in the refrigerator for 30 minutes between each step. It is important to repeat the process of opening the dough, adding the butter, folding and opening again, because that is what gives the characteristic layered appearance to the puff pastry.

Once all the butter has been added to the dough, set aside the puff pastry in the fridge for 1 hour and it will be ready to use! If you prefer, you can freeze it. To do this, wrap tightly in plastic wrap and remember to remove from the freezer about 1 hour before use.