How to prepare Quickand Easy Flaky Pastry ? - Pastry Recipes - Viji's New Recipes

 FLAKY PASTRY

 

 Ingredients:

• Maida- 180gms (white flour)
• Salt - 1tsp
• Cold butter - 130gms
• Squeeze of Lemon juice 
• Icy water

Recipe Direction:

• Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl and place in the refrigerator or freezer to chill thoroughly about half an hour.The colder the  ingredients are for this pastry, the better. 
• Grate the butter into the flour, dipping it in flour if it becomes too sticky to grate.
• Add a squeeze of lemon juice, then, mixing with a fork, stir in enough icy water to make a lumpy dough that just holds together and leaves the sides of the bowl clean.
• Gather the dough up into a ball, wrap it in clingfilm and chill for 45 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 200°C/ 400°F 
• Roll the pastry out thinly on a lightly floured board and use as required.