Puff Pastry
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- Total Time
- 3hrs 0mins
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- Serves
- 6
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- Calories
- 312
This basic puff pastry recipe is a flaky light pastry made from dough with a layer of butter, which is repeatedly rolled and folded. It is these laminations that give the flaky texture after baking. It can be used for anything from apple turnovers, cheese straws and sausage rolls.
recipe updated Oct 28, 2025
Ingredients
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- Unsalted butter
- 15 g
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- Unsalted butter
- 150 g
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- Water
- 100 g
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- Plain flour
- 200 g
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- Salt
- 3 g
Tools
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Prospero
Step preview
- Fit Dough Tool
- Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl
- Knead until a dough has formed - 5 minutes, speed Min
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge - 30 minutes
- Line a work surface with parchment paper
- Place butter on top and cover with another piece of parchment paper
- Roll out the butter into a rectangle, about 15 x 10 cm
- Transfer the chilled pastry to a lightly floured work surface
- Gently roll out the pastry into a rectangle
- Place the butter into the centre of the pastry
- Fold the edges of the pastry over to enclose the butter completely
- Tightly pinch the seams to seal
- Roll out the pastry until about 3-5 mm thick
- Fold one edge to the centre
- Then fold the other edge to cover the first fold
- Turn the dough 90°
- Immediately repeat the rolling and folding process
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge - 30 minutes
- Repeat the folding and chilling process twice more, a total of 6 folds
- Use as desired