Puff Pastry
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons cake flour (not self-rising)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 pound (4 sticks) very cold unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- Combine 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour and the cake flour and salt in a medium bowl.
- Cut 1 stick butter into small pieces.
- Add with the lemon juice to the flour mixture; cut in the butter with a pastry cutter or 2 knives until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Gradually mix in up to 1 cup ice water, until the dough just comes together.
- Pat the dough into a 6-inch square; wrap in plastic.
- Chill 30 minutes.
- Cut the remaining 3 sticks butter into bits.
- Sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup flour; mix together by rubbing against a cold work surface with the heel of your hand.
- Form into a 5 1/2-inch square; wrap in plastic.
- Chill 15 minutes.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll the chilled dough into a 6 x 18-inch rectangle with the short side facing you; place the chilled butter mixture in the center.
- Fold the top third of the dough over the butter mixture, and the bottom third of the dough over the top third.
- Seal the edges by pressing the dough with your fingers.
- Turn the dough packet over so the overlapped section is on the bottom.
- Roll into a 6 x 18-inch rectangle (do not allow the butter to come through the dough).
- Fold in thirds, as before.
- Rotate 90 degrees (one quarter-turn); roll again into a 6 x 18-inch rectangle; fold in thirds.
- Press 2 fingers into the dough to indicate the completion of 2 turns.
- Wrap in plastic; chill 30 minutes.
- Repeat the rolling-out process in step 4, rotating the dough 90 degrees before beginning.
- Mark with 4 fingers, signifying the completion of 4 turns; chill 30 minutes.
- The dough may be wrapped and frozen at this point.
- Remove the dough from the refrigerator (if dough has been frozen, thaw overnight in the refrigerator).
- Give the dough its final 2 turns by repeating the rolling-out process in step 4, again rotating it 90 degrees, before rolling it out.
- The dough should be used immediately after the sixth turn is completed.
flour, cake flour, salt, butter, lemon juice
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/puff-pastry-393298 (may not work)