The Art of French Pastry

completely enclosed in the dough (SEE FIGURES 1 AND 2). You should not be able to see any butter at all. Tap t ...

FIGURE 1 ...

FIGURE 2 5 Now you are ready to roll out the dough and make the first “turn.” The ...

absolute key to this procedure is to make sure that the dough and the butter are cold yet still pliable and ...

rolling process (this is why you should never chill the butter in the freezer). Dust your silpat or rolling are ...

It is important not to apply too much pressure to one particular area of the dough, as this will result ...

seconds at a time, then stop and check to make sure that the dough isn’t sticking to the silpat or table ...

top of the dough lightly with flour. If the butter feels soft during the rolling and oozes out of the dough, it ...

not tapped enough to make it pliable. In this case, stop rolling at once and leave the book on the work ...

thick, which should be about 18 inches long by 7½ to 8 inches wide. If you are working on a full- sized s ...

rectangle horizontally, so the long edge is closest to you, and brush off the surface with a dry pastry bru ...

indent on the dough’s surface to register the first book fold. Wrap tightly in plastic (you can also mark th ...

to your right and left (SEE FIGURE 3). Roll the dough out to a rectangle about ¼ inch thick. Turn it ...

top of your dough to mark the 2 book folds that you have made. Wrap airtight in plastic (you can als ...

FIGURE 3 9 After the rest, repeat the book folds 2 more times, allowing the dough to rest in the ...

for 30 minutes between each turn. Mark the dough and/or plastic after each turn. You should have 4 turns wit ...

The dough is now ready to be used, but before that it needs to rest for 1 hour, or for as long as 48 ...

place the parchment paper on a sheet pan. Lay a sheet of plastic over the top of the rolled-out dough, chi ...

PASTRY Cut the pastry into 4 equal pieces. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper. Roll out each piece ...

with plastic and refrigerate while you roll out the next piece. Place the next rolled-out piece on a sheet of ...