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German Puff Pastry
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German Puff Pastry

3 ingredients 8 steps wikibooks
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

557
Calories
13g
Protein
13g
Fat
95g
Carbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 2 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1000 g flour
  • 250 g water
  • 400 g butter (or margarine )

Directions

1

Mix flour, water and 50 g of the butter to make a dough . Knead well.

2

Roll dough into a ball. Make a deep cut through the middle, and a second cut at a right angle again through the middle. Roll out the resulting four ends to about half the thickness of the base. It should now have the form of an equilateral cross.

3

Cream butter until soft. Spread onto the middle part of the cross, forming approximately a cube.

4

Take each end of the "cross", lift it, and fold it on the top of the butter cube, literally wrapping it up like a gift. Cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

5

Take dough and start rolling it out , always rolling in one direction, until about 10 cm long. During the whole process, use as little flour as possible, and gently remove excessive flour with a brush .

6

Perform a so-called "simple tour": take one end of the dough and fold it two-thirds of the dough's length toward the other end. Now, take the other end and fold it the opposite way. You should now have three layers of dough.

7

Roll the dough out again, moving the rolling pin along the folded sides (i.e. rotate the dough 45 degrees).

8

Repeat the folding and rolling process up to 5 times. The more often you do this, the more layers you will get, and the higher the dough will rise once baked.

Recipe sourced from wikibooks

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