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Laminated Pastries Or Puff Pastries - Standard Recipe

List of Laminated Pastries and Puff Pastries with Recipe Card

Laminated dough is a culinary preparation consisting of many thin layers of dough separated by butter, produced by repeated folding and rolling. Such types of dough are referred to as the pastry of a thousand leaves and they are also called puff pastry.

And its rich and crisp layers are light enough to be airborne and its a flaky miracle of levitation. The rising of puff pastry is truly a magical performance which requires a number of steps. During baking, water in the butter vaporizes and expands, causing the dough to puff up and separate, while the lipids in the butter essentially fry the dough, resulting in a light, flaky product.

Below are a few examples of laminated or puff pastries:

1. Puff Pastry

List of Laminated Or Puff Pastries - Puff Pastries

Preparation Method:

  • Prepare a dough of flour, salt, lime juice and water.

  • Make a butter block of 450gm butter and 180gm flour.

  • Chill both of them and prepare the puff by French method.

  • Make three single folds and one book fold and use it as required.

 
   Ingredients for 1.4 kg of Puff Pastry
Description Qty Unit
Flour 0.600 kg
Salt 0.016 kg
Lime juice 0.030 ltr
Water 0.200 ltr
Softened Butter 0.450 kg
Flour 0.18 kg

2. Apple Strudel

List of Laminated Or Puff Pastries - Apple Strudel

Preparation Method:

  • Crumble the sponge and add the chopped fruits, raisins and the cinnamon powder.

  • Mix well to get the mixture of the strudel.

  • Roll the dough on the cloth and then spread it with hands from four corners of the dough.

  • The dough should be so thin that one should be able to read a newspaper under it.

  • Brush the melted butter on the rolled sheet of dough and place the stuffing one end.

  • Now roll the dough lightly with the help of the cloth underneath.

  • Bake at 180° C.

  • Dredge with icing sugar and serve hot.

   Ingredients for 1600 gms dough of Apple Strudel
Description Qty Unit
Vanilla Sponge crumbs 0.2 kg
Apples 0.236 kg
Raisins 0.15 kg
Cinnamon powder 0.004 kg
Strudel dough 0.3 kg
Melted Butter 0.2 kg
Icing Sugar 0.05 kg

3. Inverted Puff Pastry

List of Laminated Or Puff Pastries - Inverted Puff Pastry

Preparation Method:

  • Prepare a dough of flour, salt, lime juice and water.

  • Add melted butter when the dough has kneaded for 5 minutes.

  • Make a butter block of 450gm butter and 180gm flour.

  • Chill the dough and the butter block so that they are at same temperatures.

  • Dust the table with flour and place the butter block.

  • Now place the dough on top of the butter.

  • Roll the puff pastry as described in the chapter of laminated pastries.

  • Give three single turns and one book fold.

  • Chill the puff and use it as required.

   Ingredients for 7 kg Inverted Puff Pastry
Description Qty Unit
Four 2.100 KG
Salt 0.080 KG
Vinegar 0.015 LITRE
Water 1.000 LITRE
Melted butter 0.650 KG
Butter 2.250 KG
Flour 0.900 KG
 

4. Danish Pastry 

List of Laminated Or Puff Pastries - Danish Pastry

Preparation Method:

  • Sift all dry ingredients together and combine in a mixing bowl.

  • Add the yeast, eggs and milk.

  • Start to mix the dough on speed 1 for about 4 minutes and then speed 2 for 5minutes.

  • Now add melted butter and knead the dough.

  • Check the dough to see if has been kneaded well(windscreen test).

  • Mix the butter with flour and roll the butter between sheets to form a block and chill.

  • Rest for 20 minutes, remove and roll, add the butter block and give book fold, place in the walk-in.

  • Remove and roll again, give book fold (repeat 3 times).

  • Note each time the rolling is done the dough should be kept in the walk-in.

  • Finally, sheet out to 3mm, roll out various shapes.

  • Place on a baking tray and leave to prove.

  • When proved, egg wash and bake in an oven at 220 deg C for 5 minutes then at 180 DegC for 7 mins.

  • Glaze the melted apricot jam as soon as they come out of the oven.

Ingredients for 2.4 Kgs  Danish Pastry
Description Qty Unit
Flour 1.000 Kg
Gluten 0.030 Kg
Yeast 0.040 Kg
Sugar 0.100 Kg
Salt 0.020 Kg
Melted Butter 0.100 Kg
Eggs 0.10 Kg
Milk 0.50 Ltr
Butter 0.500 Kg
Flour 0.100 Kg

5. Croissant 

List of Laminated Or Puff Pastries - Croissant

Preparation Method:

  • Sift all dry ingredients together and combine in a mixing bowl.

  • Add the yeast, eggs and milk.

  • Start to mix the dough on speed 1 for about 4 minutes and then speed 2 for 5 minutes.

  • Now add melted butter and knead the dough.

  • Check the dough to see if has been kneaded well (windscreen test).

  • Mix the butter with flour and roll the butter between sheets to form a block and chill.

  • Rest for 20 minutes, remove and roll, add the butter block and give book fold, place in the walk-in.

  • Remove and roll again, give book fold (repeat 3 times).

  • Note each time the rolling is done the dough should be kept in the walk-in.

  • Finally, sheet out to 3mm cut into triangles and roll.

  • Approx 50gms per piece.

  • Place on a baking tray and leave to prove.

  • When proved, egg wash and bake in an oven at 220 deg C for 5 minutes then at 180 Deg C for 7 mins.

Ingredients for 2.5 Kgs Croissant 
Description Qty Unit
Flour 1.000 Kg
Gluten 0.040 Kg
Yeast 0.030 Kg
Sugar 0.086 Kg
Salt 0.015 Kg
Melted Butter 0.100 Kg
Eggs 0.10 Nos
Milk 0.50 Ltr
Butter 0.600 Kg
Flour 0.100 Kg
 

6. Baklava

List of Laminated Or Puff Pastries - Baklava

Preparation Method:

  • Take little butter in a pan and saute the nuts with sugar and cinnamon and clove powder.

  • Chop the nut mixture coarsely.

  • Take the filo pastry and apply butter, make four layers of filo this way.

  • Place the filo layers on a food pan and put the nut filling on it.

  • Place another layer of 4 filo and repeat the process two more times.

  • Cut the arrangement into smaller pieces while still in the container.

  • Bake at 180°c for half an hour.

  • Make a sugar syrup ( 1 string consistency), add the cinnamon stick and honey to it.

  • Pour the syrup into the baked baklava, soak for a little while and serve hot.

   Ingredients for 1Kg Baklava
Description Qty Unit
Walnuts 0.25 KG
Almonds 0.125 KG
Castor Sugar 0.04 KG
Cinnamon Powder 0.005 KG
Clove Powder 0.005 KG
Filo Pastry 0.2 KG
Butter 0.1 KG
Sugar 0.2 KG
Honey 0.03 KG
Cinnamon sticks 0.003 KG

 
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