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Rough Puff Pastry

Makes 1 (9-inch) crust

Ingredients
  

  • ¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon (184 grams) cold unsalted butter, cubed
  • cups (188 grams) all-purpose flour
  • teaspoons (4.5 grams) kosher salt
  • cup (80 grams) ice water

Instructions

  • Freeze cold butter until firm, 15 to 20 minutes.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat cold butter, flour, and salt at low speed just until butter is coated with flour. With mixer on low speed, add ⅓ cup (80 grams) ice water in a slow, steady stream, beating just until dough comes together, about 1 minute, stopping to scrape sides of bowl and paddle and turn dough to help hydrate evenly. (There will still be large pieces of butter. It is OK if a few dry bits remain.)
  • Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface, and roll into a 9-inch square. Wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
  • On a lightly floured surface, roll dough into an 18x10-inch rectangle, lightly flouring surface and top of dough as needed. Fold dough in thirds like a letter. Rotate dough 90 degrees; roll into an 18x10-inch rectangle, and fold in thirds like a letter. Repeat procedure for a third and final turn. Wrap dough in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. (If at any point butter is too soft after a fold, wrap dough in plastic wrap, and freeze until butter firms up, checking every 5 minutes).
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