Puff-Paste

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
Source
The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (5)
Instructions (4)
  1. Take a quarter of a peck of flour, and rub into it a pound of butter very fine.
  2. Make it up into a light paste with cold water, just stiff enough to work it up.
  3. Then roll it out about as thick as a crown piece; put a layer of butter all over, then sprinkle on a little flour, double it up, and roll it out again.
  4. Double and roll it, with layers of butter, three times, and it will be properly fit for use.
Original Text
Puff-Paste must be made thus: Take a quarter of a peck of flour, and rub into it a pound of butter very fine. Make it up into a light paste with cold water, just stiff enough to work it up. Then roll it out about as thick as a crown piece; put a layer of butter all over, then sprinkle on a little flour, double it up, and roll it out again. Double and roll it, with layers of butter, three times, and it will be properly fit for use.
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