1254. SHORT PUFF-PASTE

The modern cook · Charles Elmé Francatelli · 1846

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Ingredients (5)

INGREDIENTS

One pound of flour
twelve ounces of butter
a little salt
one egg
about half a pint of water

Instructions (2)

Spread the flour out in the usual manner, place the egg, salt, half the butter, and two-thirds of the water in first, adding as much of the remainder as may be necessary afterwards; work these together into a smooth and somewhat firm paste, then spread this out with the hand, and after the remaining half of the butter has been placed in the centre, the sides should be folded over so as to entirely enclose the butter.
When the paste has stood five minutes, shake some flour with the hand over the slab and on the paste, then roll it out to the length of about two feet and a half, and about a foot wide; this must be then folded into three, and after turning the paste round so as to bring the sides to face you, roll it out again in a similar manner; after an interval of about ten minutes, repeat the rolling's twice more: the paste will then be fit for use.

Original Text

1254. SHORT PUFF-PASTE.
INGREDIENTS:—One pound of flour, twelve ounces of butter, a little salt, one egg, and about half a pint of water.
Spread the flour out in the usual manner, place the egg, salt, half the butter, and two-thirds of the water in first, adding as much of the remainder as may be necessary afterwards; work these together into a smooth and somewhat firm paste, then spread this out with the hand, and after the remaining half of the butter has been placed in the centre, the sides should be folded over so as to entirely enclose the butter. When the paste has stood five minutes, shake some flour with the hand over the slab and on the paste, then roll it out to the length of about two feet and a half, and about a foot wide; this must be then folded into three, and after turning the paste round so as to bring the sides to face you, roll it out again in a similar manner; after an interval of about ten minutes, repeat the rolling's twice more: the paste will then be fit for use.

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