Quick Puff Pastry
By: Anonymous
Published: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 3:04pm

Ingredients




1 cup butter, chilled
1 1/4 cups plus 2 ½ tbsp. all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cake flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup ice water

Preparation

1 Cut butter into 3/8 inch cubes. Freeze 10 minutes. 2 Combine flour and salt; mound on a smooth surface and make a well in center. Place chilled butter in well. Working quickly, cut butter coarsely into flour using a pastry scraper until cubes of butter are halved or quartered. Sprinkle water evenly over mixture; stir with a fork until dry ingredients are moistened. Quickly shape into a ball and wrap in waxed paper. (Dough will be very lumpy, with pieces of butter showing). Chill 15 minutes. 3 Working quickly, roll dough into a 3/8 inch thick rectangle (about 14 x 9 inches) on floured surface. Fold short sides inward to meet in center; fold in half along center where the two sides meet. Lightly flour surface and roll dough out again into 3/8 inch thick rectangle; fold as before. Repeat rolling and folding process 1 additional time. Chill 15 minutes. Yield: Enough pastry for one tart shell.