Description
Homemade Rough Puff Pastry Dough is a quick and easy alternative to traditional puff pastry, delivering buttery, flaky results in less time. Perfect for both sweet and savory dishes.
Ingredients
2 ½ cups (315g) all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 cup (226g) cold unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
2/3 cup (160ml) ice water
1 tsp lemon juice (optional)
Instructions
- Mix the dry ingredients: Whisk together the flour and salt in a large mixing bowl.
- Add the cold butter: Add cold butter cubes to the flour mixture and toss to coat. Use fingers or a pastry cutter to flatten butter pieces into rough flakes, leaving some larger chunks for flakiness.
- Add water: Mix the ice water and lemon juice in a separate bowl. Drizzle over the flour-butter mixture, and stir with a fork until dough begins to form. Add more water if needed.
- Shape the dough: Turn the dough onto a floured surface and pat it into a rough rectangle.
- Roll and fold: Roll dough into a 6×18-inch rectangle. Fold into thirds like a business letter, rotate 90 degrees, and repeat 3 more times. If dough becomes sticky, chill for 20 minutes between folds.
- Chill the dough: After the final fold, wrap in plastic and chill for at least 1 hour, or up to 2 days.
- Use the dough: Roll out and use for any recipe requiring puff pastry.
Notes
For a sweeter dough, add 1 tablespoon of sugar to the flour mixture.
Add finely chopped herbs (like rosemary or thyme) for savory pastries.
For a vegan version, swap butter with a plant-based substitute and adjust water if necessary.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 300mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 26g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 25mg
