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French · Pastry

Pâte Feuilletée

Classic French puff pastry: a lightly buttered flour and water dough wrapped around a slab of cold butter and given six rolls and folds, with chilling between, so it bakes up into hundreds of crisp layers.

  • YieldServes 8
  • Hands-on55 min
  • Total3 h 19 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Détrempe

  • 60 gcake flour
  • 190 gall-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling
  • 40 gunsalted butter, chilled, cut into 6 mm dice
  • 1 tspsalt
  • 120 mlcold water

Butter block

  • 170 gunsalted butter, chilled

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Wheat

Taste

  • Salty
  • Richness / fat

Texture

  • Crisp

Equipment

  • Kitchen scale

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weekend project

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • Over 3 hours total
  • Difficulty 4
  • Needs advance prep
  • Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: low
  • Protein: low
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: low

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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