Recipe Details

Rough Puff Pastry

This homemade rough puff pastry is perfect for making crispy pies and tarts with buttery, flaky layers in less time than traditional puff pastry.

Makes:8 servings

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
½ teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup cold unsalted butter, cubed
½ cup cold water

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Directions

Prep:30 mCook:Ready:3 h 30 m

Place flour and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Add butter and toss with your fingertips until evenly coated with flour.
Add water to bowl. Mix on low speed until the dough forms a shaggy mass, about 45 seconds.
Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate until butter is firm but not brittle, about 20 minutes.
Transfer dough to a floured work surface and roll into a ½-inch-thick rectangle that is about 10 ½ x 6 inches.
Fold one third of the longer side of the dough over the center third of dough. Fold the final third over the center (like you would fold a letter). Tightly wrap folded dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled, about 30 minutes. Repeat this process of rolling, folding and refrigerating 4 more times, turning the dough 90 degrees each time before rolling.
After completing the final fold, wrap the dough tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm before using, at least 1 hour or up to 2 days.