Amazing Pastry Dough Recipe

Amazing Pastry Dough Recipe

from pastrieslikeapro.com
70 min

This truly Amazing Pastry Dough Recipe is a type of easy laminated dough made with sour cream that is a close relative to puff pastry requiring only two turns for a tender, flaky crust enclosing all sorts of goodies sweet and savory

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter (225 grams or 2 sticks)
  • 1 3/4 cups bread flour (245 grams)
  • 3/4 teaspoon table salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 cup sour cream, cold (114 grams)
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1 large egg, well beaten

Directions

  1. 1

    Cut the butter into about 3/4" pieces. Keep in the refrigerator until needed. The butter needs to be very cold.

  2. 2

    With the pastry parallel to the edge of the surface divide the pastry in half (approximately 300 grams). Refrigerate 1/2 half of the pastry.

  3. 3

    Roll one half of the dough into a 12 1/2" x 14 1/2" rectangle. Trim to 12" x 14". cut the 12" side into 12" x 6" pieces. Cross cut to 7" x 6". You will have 4 pieces of pastry that are 7"x 6". Refrigerate.