Puff Pastry - flour

Method

• Sift the flour and salt together into a bowl.
• Make a well in the middle, add the lemon juice, and stir with a knife, adding enough cold water to make an elastic dough.
• Place on a floured board and knead for five minutes until the dough is smooth and doesn't stick to your fingers.
• Roll the dough into a rectangle large enough to cover the butter.
• Put the butter in the middle of the dough and fold the dough ends over the butter.
• Flatten the dough with a rolling pin, then roll out gently (so the butter does not come through the dough) into a long strip.
• Fold the ends of the dough towards the middle, forming three layers.
• Press down gently.
• Let pastry rest in a cool place for 15 minutes.
• Place the pastry on a floured surface with the unsealed edge towards you.
• Roll and fold as before.
• Turn and repeat three more times.
• Leave the pastry to rest in a cool place for 10 minutes.
• Place the pastry on a floured surface with the unsealed edge towards you as before.
• Roll and fold again, turning and repeating three more times, as before.
• The pastry is now ready for use.
• Use in your favorite recipe.