What you need for Puff Pastry Sheet:
300 gm Bread Flour
200 gm Maida/All Purpose Flour
30 gm Sugar
1 tsp Salt
100 gm, melted and cooled Butter
240 ml or less Water
150 gm Shortening / Margarine
How to make it : Puff Pastry sheet using Shortening
- In a bowl, combine together Bread Flour, All-Purpose Flour, Sugar and Salt and mix well.
- Add melted Butter and mix it well. Add water slowly to make stiff dough.
- Knead it for a minute and cover with cling film and refrigerate overnight.
- Take the dough out of fridge, and using a rolling pin, roll it into a 16” by 8” rectangle. Dust it with flour to avoid sticking.
- Now apply the shortening evenly on top of the dough rectangle, and bring both sides of the dough to the centre.
- Using the rolling pin, roll the dough to 12" - 14” long.
- Fold it like a letter. Cover with cling film and refrigerate for one or two hours to make the dough firm.
- Take it out of fridge, remove the cling film, rotate the dough 90 degrees and roll it into 12" - 14” long.
- Repeat the same for 3 to 4 times to form layers.
- Once the layers are formed, cut the dough into half, and store one half in fridge in a cling film for later use.
[ Roll the Puff Pastry sheet uniformly, wrap it with a parchment paper and then a layer of cling film to store]
- If using the pastry sheet within 3 - 4 days, refrigeration is sufficient.
- If using the pastry sheet in a month, it has to be kept in the freezer, thawed in the fridge and then used.
- Rolled out and frozen Puff Pastry Sheets can be stored in freezer for two months.
To Make Strawberry Tarts:
1 Puff Pastry Sheet of 8” x 12”
4 tablespoons Strawberry Jam
How to make Strawberry Tart
- Take rolled out Puff Pastry from refrigerator.
- Cut equal parts, in even number.
- Make holes in one part and place 1/2 teaspoon of Strawberry Jam in the other half.
- Place one strip on the other. Use a little water to paste both together.
- Make impressions using a fork at the edge to keep the pastry sheets together.
- Give a milk wash on top of each biscuit.
- Preheat the oven to 200C and bake for 15-20 minutes, or till they are crisp and golden brown.
[ You can use your choice and flavour of Jam]