Puff Paste

Ingredients

• 1 pound of cold flour
• 15 ounces of cold butter
• 1 cupful of ice water

Method

1. 1

   Prepare to make the paste quickly.

2. 2

   Leave out a handful of flour for dusting.

3. 3

   Make a hollow in the flour, pour in the ice water, and mix with fingers.

4. 4

   Turn the paste on the table, fold, and roll to half an inch thickness.

5. 5

   Pound the butter to make it pliable, drop half on the paste, dust with flour, press down, fold, and roll out again.

6. 6

   Repeat with the rest of the butter.

7. 7

   Fold six times total and refrigerate before use.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cooking for profit (1886) by Jessup Whitehead, page 50. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Puff Paste. 1 pound of cold flour. 15 ounces of cold butter. 1 cupful of ice water

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