Puff pastry, also known as pâte feuilletée, is a flaky light pastry made from a laminated dough composed of dough and butter or other solid fat, Puff pastry, also known as pâte feuilletée, is a flaky light pastry made from a laminated dough composed of dough and butter or other solid fat. The butter is put inside the dough, making a paton which is repeatedly folded and rolled out before baking. Its called common mans pizza
Ingredients:-2 cups All-purpose flour (Maida)
1 tsp. Salt
100 ml. Chilled water
160 gms. Unsalted Butter
Method:-
1. In a bowl, add flour, salt, 1 tbsp butter water and knead a dough.
2. Keep aside for 15 minutes covered with a damp towel.
3. Sprinkle flour on the counter and knead for 30 seconds.
4. Roll with a rolling pin in a rectangular shape
5. Brush off the flour from the surface of the flattened dough.
6. Apply butter on the dough leaving a gap of half an inch on both sides.
7. Fold the pastry as shown and brush off the excess flour.
8. Wrap with a cling wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour
9. After an hour, repeat steps 4 to 6 and refrigerated for 35-40 minutes.
10. Repeat the same for 4-5 times and refrigerate
11. After that flatten the dough again in rectangular shape and fold again without applying butter and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Repeat this step again two more times.
To Make Cron Capsicum Puff
For the filling:
- Capsicum 1 chopped
- Onion – 1 large, chopped
- Corn 1/2 cup
- Oil – 2 tsp
- Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
- Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
- Curry leaves – 5-6
- Red chilli powder– or as per taste
- Salt to taste
- Lemon Juice
- coriander leaves
- Gram masala
- Sugar
Method
- Boil corn and keep aside
- Heat a kadhai. Add mustard seeds and let it splutter
- Add cumin seeds, curry leaves, green chilli, turmeric powder and ginger. Saute for a minute
- Add onion and fry until they are translucent
- Add capsicum and fry
- Now add red chilli powder and garam masala
- Add, boiled corn, salt and 2 tbsp water. Mix well and simmer for 1-2 minutes
- Turn off the flame and add lemon juice and coriander leaves
To Bake Puff
- Roll out the pastry dough into a rectangular shape and cut into 8 equal portions.
- With a moist finger moisten the edges and add the filling to it and seal it.
- Place the filled doughs on a baking sheet and brush them with some milk.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 220°C for 20 minutes.
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