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Re: Puff Pastry
« Reply #15 on: August 24, 2011, 02:02:50 pm »
Here's one Mandi using coconut oil - you will need to convert it though. Oops forgot to put the link so here is the recipe from this website http://www.cocobuko.com/virgin_coconut_oil.htm

Pie Crust
Coconut-Oil Pie Crust:

(This makes SUCH a nice flaky pastry!)

3/4 cup unbleached white flour
1/2 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 T maple sugar or cane sugar
1/4 tsp salt (I add just the tiniest pinch more, the recipe seems to need it)
1/4 cup coconut oil (measure it in solidified form, in a dry measure)
2 TB. Earth Balance or other vegan margarine (NOT "light" margarine) chilled or frozen
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
3-5 TB ice water

Toss dry ingredients together in a medium bowl. Toss the solidified coconut oil and margarine with the dry ingredients, coating the hardened pieces with flour, which makes the pieces easier to break up and work in.
Work into the flour with your fingers or (preferably) a pastry blender. The coconut oil and margarine should be distributed into different-size pebbles, all of them small. Break up any large clumps or pebbles into smaller pebbles; no pieces should be larger than a pea.

Add the vinegar to the ice water. Drizzle the water into the dough a spoonful at a time, mixing in each as you go. You have enough water in the dough when the dough holds together well when pinched. Do not add any more water than absolutely necessary.

Gather the dough into a ball and flatten it into a disk. Wrap disk in plastic;

The original recipe says to chill for an hour at this point. I have discovered it's too firm to roll out if completely chilled. Try chilling for about 15 minutes.

Roll out on floured board with floured rolling pin - or even easier, just press into pie pan evenly.

 

 

 
« Last Edit: August 25, 2011, 01:43:47 am by judydawn »
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Re: Puff Pastry
« Reply #16 on: August 24, 2011, 02:17:27 pm »
QJ is lard better for you than butter?
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Re: Puff Pastry
« Reply #17 on: August 24, 2011, 09:41:54 pm »
JD, your link to the coconut oil pastry alternative didn't come through.  Could you re-post it please.  Many thanks.
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Re: Puff Pastry
« Reply #18 on: August 25, 2011, 01:16:02 am »
My family loves the Puff Pastry with all butter, BUT I do roll it very thin at least as thin as the ready made puff pasrty you buy, so the quantity in the EDC makes alot, ( I often freeze the extra ) We don't find it too rich if its thin but then we also use up to a kilo of butter every week. ;D

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Re: Puff Pastry
« Reply #19 on: August 25, 2011, 01:44:44 am »
Thanks Marina, have added it plus the recipe to my previous posting.
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Re: Puff Pastry
« Reply #20 on: August 25, 2011, 02:36:29 am »
If you like butter puff pastry then Megans recipe would be excellent. Like I said it was easy to make and turned out perfect. Maybe I should of rolled it thinner. I'm not sure. It was crunchy and tasted nice but just to rich for us. I think maybe I will try Hallys suggestion and try half marg and half butter and see what we think. At least the chooks really liked it lol.
Thanks for the coconut oil pastry Judy. Will give that one a go as well. I'm not going to let it beat me.
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Re: Puff Pastry
« Reply #21 on: August 25, 2011, 02:40:45 am »
Hi guys,

I did a puff pastry here; [url]http://tenina.com/?p=2674/url] and yes the ratio of fat to flour is about half and half…horrific but lip smackingly delish. You can reduce the amount of fat to flour by just making the rough puff pastry, and I have to say pretty easy and pretty flaky…so a good result. I made some rough puff pastry the other day using duck fat that I have frozen, it was yum, but still under development! Not ready to put it out there yet! hahaha

Good luck with it, you will not want to buy ready made once you have mastered it. There simply is no flavour comparison.
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Re: Puff Pastry
« Reply #22 on: August 25, 2011, 07:45:29 am »
QJ is lard better for you than butter?

I doubt it. I think Jo uses it because she is mainly dairy free.

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Re: Puff Pastry
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Re: Puff Pastry
« Reply #24 on: October 04, 2011, 06:51:10 am »
Puff pastry ratios are 1:1 for flour and fat.
Short crust ratiio is ½ fat to flour.
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