Quick Flaky Pastry

By tschnet1

Ingredients

• 3/8 c butter
• 1/2 c flour
• pinch salt

Details

Servings 12
Adapted from deliaonline.com

Preparation

Step 1

To make the pastry the fat needs to be rock-hard from the freezer, so first of all remove a pack of butter from the fridge, weigh out 75g then wrap it in a piece of foil and place it in the freezer or freezing compartment of the fridge for about 45 minutes.

Then, using the coarse side of a grater, placed in the bowl over the flour, grate the butter, dipping the edges of the butter onto the flour several times to make it easier to grate. What you will end up with is a large pile of grated butter sitting in the middle of the flour.

Now sprinkle a tablespoon of cold water all over, continue mixing with the palette knife, adding a further 1 to 2 tablespoons more water. Start to bring the whole thing together with the palette knife, and finish off using your hands.

Then place the rested dough on a lightly floured surface and use a rolling pin that is absolutely straight.

Lightly dust the pin with flour and rest it on the centre of the dough. Place the flat of your hands lightly on each end of the pin and begin to roll the dough backwards and forwards (don’t be tempted to roll from side to side), gently and evenly, re-dusting the pin and the surface very lightly with flour if you need to stop the pastry sticking.

Makes 12