686. Half Puff Paste

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
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Ingredients (7)

one pound of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
two ounces of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
a pinch of salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
the yolk of an egg ↝ Egg, yolk only, raw [Eggs and omelets]
the juice of a lemon ↝ Lemon juice, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
water as before ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
half a pound of butter (prepared as for puff paste) rolled into thin sheets ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]

Instructions (7)

Put one pound of flour upon your pastry slab, with two ounces of butter, rub well together with the hands.
Make a hole in the centre, in which put a pinch of salt and the yolk of an egg with the juice of a lemon.
Mix with water as before.
Roll it out thin and lay half a pound of butter (prepared as for puff paste) rolled into thin sheets over.
Fold it in three, roll and fold again twice over.
Lay it in a cold place a quarter of an hour.
Give another roll, and it is ready for use where required.

Original Text · last edited 13 days ago

686. Half Puff Paste.—Put one pound of flour upon your pastry slab, with two ounces of butter, rub well together with the hands, make a hole in the centre, in which put a pinch of salt and the yolk of an egg with the juice of a lemon; mix with water as before, then roll it out thin and lay half a pound of butter (prepared as for puff paste) rolled into thin sheets over, fold it in three, roll and fold again twice over, lay it in a cold place a quarter of an hour, give another roll, and it is ready for use where required; this paste is mostly used for fruit tarts, for which it is well adapted.

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