Puff Paste

Ingredients

• ½ pound sifted flour
• ½ pound best fresh butter, washed
• cold water

Directions

1. Weigh and sift the flour into a large dish.

2. Set aside ¼ of the flour for rolling.

3. Wash the butter in cold water and squeeze it into a round lump.

4. Divide the butter into four equal parts and set aside.

5. Cut one piece of butter into small pieces and mix it with the flour using a knife, adding a little cold water gradually.

6. When the dough forms a lump, place it on the reserved flour and turn it out with the knife.

7. Flour the rolling pin and the dough, then roll it out thinly and evenly.

8. Cut the second piece of butter into small bits and distribute it over the dough.

9. Sprinkle with flour, fold the dough, and roll it out again.

10. Repeat with the third piece of butter, adding it in bits and folding the dough.