Flaky Paste Recipe
Yield: 1 servingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
3 cup: Pastry flour,
-- butter mixture,
1 cup: Shortening or,
1 tsp: Salt,
-- shortening and,
Directions:
Directions Measure flour with salt,then sift. Chill. Chill half the
fat(if half butter is used,chill it. Cut remaining fat into the flour
finely. Sprinkle the flour mixture with cold water, and mix it in
lightly, using just enough to make the dough cling together. Roll
dough out on a lightly floured board or canvas, to 1/4" thickness.
Dot half the cold, hard fat ( which was saved out) over the rolled-
out sheet of paste, dust lightl with flour and fold to enclose as
much air as possible. Re-roll to 1/4" thickness, dot with remaining
fat, dust with flour and again fold. Wrap, and chill until required.
From: Georgina Major Date: 09-08-94
Source from luhu.jp
fat(if half butter is used,chill it. Cut remaining fat into the flour
finely. Sprinkle the flour mixture with cold water, and mix it in
lightly, using just enough to make the dough cling together. Roll
dough out on a lightly floured board or canvas, to 1/4" thickness.
Dot half the cold, hard fat ( which was saved out) over the rolled-
out sheet of paste, dust lightl with flour and fold to enclose as
much air as possible. Re-roll to 1/4" thickness, dot with remaining
fat, dust with flour and again fold. Wrap, and chill until required.
From: Georgina Major Date: 09-08-94
Source from luhu.jp