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Flaky Pastry
Classic flaky pastry with layered fat.
Steps
- Blend the 2 kinds of fat together and divide into 4 parts.
- Add one part of the fat to flour, salt and lime juice. Rub fat in until the whole looks like bread crumbs.
- Add enough cold water to make a fairly soft dough.
- Roll out on a lightly floured board to a rectangular shape.
- Put 1/4 of the fat in small parts or bits over the top 2/3 of the pastry.
- Fold pastry bottom to middle and top to bottom. Seal edges with rolling pin.
- Turn the pastry so that the fold is lengthwise of the board.
- Roll out again. Mark in thirds and repeat steps 5, 6 and 7.
- Roll out a 4th time, mark and fold as before but without any fat. Place dough in a covered plate, cover and leave in a cool place (fridge) for about 1 hr so that the fat cools.
- Roll out and shape as required.






