Puff Paste

Ingredients

• 1 pound Purity Flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 pound butter
• Ice water

Method

1. 1

   Keep everything clean and cold.

2. 2

   Wash the butter in cold water.

3. 3

   Mix and sift the flour and salt, cut in the reserved butter, and add ice water.

4. 4

   Dust the board slightly with flour, roll out the paste, and place butter in the middle.

5. 5

   Fold the paste over the butter and continue rolling and folding until all butter is used.

6. 6

   Chill before baking.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Purity flour cookbook (1917) by E. Warner, page 16. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PUFF PASTE 1 pound Furity Flour. 1 teaspoon salt. 1 pound butter. Ice water

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