Puff Paste

Ingredients

• 1 pound flour
• ¾ pound butter
• ice water

Directions

1. Weigh 1 pound of flour and ¾ pound of butter.

2. Place a piece of ice on the butter.

3. Divide the flour into two parts.

4. Chop half of the butter into half of the flour with a dinner knife until combined.

5. Slowly add ice water while stirring with the knife until the mixture holds together.

6. On a floured surface, turn out the dough and sprinkle flour over it.

7. Roll out the dough to the size of a dinner plate.

8. Divide the remaining butter into three parts.

9. Place one part of the butter in walnut-sized pieces over the dough.

10. Sprinkle flour over the butter and fold the dough over it.

11. Repeat the process with the second and third parts of the butter, rolling out each time.

12. Leave the final roll without folding the ends together.

13. Cut off a piece of the roll about 2 inches thick and roll it out on a floured surface.