Published: by Absolutely Recipes, in the recipes category.

Flaky Pastry Recipe.

Ingredients:

3/4 Cup Butter (Room Temperature, Unsalted, Divided into 4)
1 3/4 Cups All Purpose Flour (Sieved)
Pinch of Salt
1/4 Cup Water (Cold)

Recipe Instructions:

In a large, clean glass bowl, add the flour and salt.
Add one portion of the butter to the flour and using a knife with a rounded blade, incorporate the butter into the flour while slowly adding enough cold water to bring the mixture together to form an elastic dough.
Dust a work surface with a little flour and turn out the dough, roll the dough into a rectangular shape and continue to roll until the dough is about 4mm thick,
Remove any excess flour from the surface of the dough and using the next portion of butter, place dots on two thirds of the doughs surface in an even pattern.
Folder the pastry into three portions, making sure the end without butter folds down the other two thirds.
Press the edges together with your fingers, turn the pastry 90 degrees and roll out lightly until the pastry is 4mm thick again.
Repeat with remaining butter twice more, folding into three each time, cover with plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes before using.

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