Puff Pastry - Master Chefs
- 1 cup champagne
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon caraway seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 x black pepper
- 4 cups flour, all-purpose
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 cup water cold
- 1 pound butter unsalted, chilled, cut into pieces
- Set aside about 1/2 cup of flour on a work surface.
- Place the remaining flour with the salt in a mixing bowl or mixer.
- Add 1/4 cup ( 1/2 stick) of the butter and cut the mixture together until crumbly.
- Add just enough cold water so mixture can be gathered together in a ball.
- Cut a cross into the top of the ball, and place it in a covered bowl and chill for about 30 minutes.
- Place the remaining butter on the work surface with the reserved flour.
- Toss the butter to coat.
- Use the heel of your hand to work the flour into the butter then place the butter-flour mixture on a sheet of waxed paper, cover with a second sheet and press the mixture into a flat square.
- Refrigerate just until the butter-flour mixture is approximately the same consistency as refrigerated dough.
- Roll the dough into a cloverleaf shape, with 4 leaves extending diagonally from the center.
- Place the butter flour mixture in the center, then fold each leaf over, forming a neat, square package with the leaves slightly overlapping.
- Roll the dough on a lightly floured surface into a large rectangle with the short end toward you.
- Fold into thirds as you would a letter.
- Rotate the dough 1/4 turn so that the open side is at the right (this is called a single turn).
- Repeat rolling the dough into a large rectangle, folding into thirds and rotating 1/4 turn.
- Wrap dough and chill 1 hour or longer.
- Give the dough 2 more sets of 2 single turns, always beginning and ending with the open side at the right.
- Refrigerate 1 hour or longer between each set of 2 turns.
- After final set of turns (6 single turns in all), wrap and refrigerate dough again for at least 1 hour.
champagne, heavy whipping cream, white wine vinegar, caraway seeds, salt, black pepper, flour, salt, water cold, butter
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/puff-pastry-master-chefs-45371 (may not work)