Ingredients
- #1 dough
- 1-1/2cups of flour
- 1cup and 2 Tbs of chilled butter
- # 2 dough
- 1-1/2cups of flour
- 1 egg
- 3 Tbs of water
- 1 Tbs o vinegar
- Pinch of salt
Servings: lb of dough
Units:
Instructions
- Dough #1: In a shallow bowl or on top of clean counter-top place flour.
- Using a cheese grater, grade the butter on top of the flour.
- Crumble between your fingers and mix flour with the butter. This process needs to be done quickly, because then the butter will get softer and dough stickier.
- Form into a ball and place in a Ziploc bag and put in the fridge for 15 minutes.
- Dough #2: In a small cup beat one egg with 3 tablespoons of water and 1 tablespoon of vinegar.
- Pour this mixture over the flour with salt. With the help of fork mix the egg mixture into the flour. Now knead by hand everything together and form a smooth ball.
- Roll Dough #2 out into a large rectangle.
- Remove dough #1 from the fridge and by hand form smaller rectangle about half the size of dough # 1. Press it on the first half of dough #1 leaving at least 1 cm of the dough not covered on the edges.
- Take the other side of the dough # 1, and fold it over dough #2. Now take the edges from the bottom dough, and press into the top layer, ceiling the dough #1 in.
- Gently roll this into large square about three millimeters thick. Fold the rolled out square in half and that in half again. Wrap the dough into a clean dishtowel and place it in the fridge for 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes repeat this process two more times. Place the dough back in the fridge till ready to use.
Recipe Notes
This dough is light and delicious. Can be used with many different filings to create countless recipes.
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