Laminated Dough Part 2: Puff pastry

Puff Pastry steps

1) Mix dough

2) mix butter

3) Lock in (English)

4) Give turn: 4 book or double folds

Recipe-Dough

1 lb 6 oz bread flour

7 oz cake flour

4 oz soft butter

1/2 oz salt

16 oz cold water

Improved Mix: 3 min on speed 1, 3 min on speed 2

Bench rest for 1 hour

Butter

2 lb 4 oz butter, creamed

9 oz bread flour

.1 oz (pinch) salt

Cream butter with Paddle

Add flour

w/ parchment paper flatten to 1/2 in square then roll out in plastic wrap

Lock dough in butter

English-Lockin

4 book folds or double folds =1025 layers

bookfold-of-puff

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