Quick Puff Pastry (Rough Puff)


Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 sticks + 4 tablespoons butter (salted), cold and cut into small cubes
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup cold water (add as needed)
Instructions
In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt.
Add the cold, cubed butter and gently toss to coat the butter in the flour.
Slowly add the cold water, mixing just until the dough comes together and you can form it into a rough ball. Do not overmix — small chunks of butter are what create the flaky layers.
Cover the dough and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Lightly flour your work surface and rolling pin. Roll the dough into a long rectangle.
Fold the dough like a letter (fold the bottom third up, then the top third down over it).
Rotate the dough 90 degrees, roll it out again into a rectangle, and repeat the fold.
Repeat this rolling and folding process one more time (for a total of 3 folds).
Wrap the dough and refrigerate for 1 more hour.
The puff pastry is now ready to use.

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