Puff pastry recipe with pictures (long version)

The recipe is not mine, I found it in internet, today tried to make it for a first time and IT IS AMAZINGLY GOOD! Of course making of this puff pastry takes a lot of time and effort, but firstly you get a fantastic result, secondly it is really cheap in comparison with the same thing in stores and finally you know what it contains and can be sure that it doesn't contain any unhealthy components, so

The recipe of puff pastry

You need
1 egg
1 tea spoon of sugar
1 tea spoon of salt
1 big spoon of vinegar (7-9%)
1 big spoon of oil
about 200 ml of water
3.5 cups of flour (about 500g)
200 g of butter or unsweetened margarine

How to make

1.Mix an egg, sugar, salt, vinegar and oil in a cup and add some water (about 200 ml) to make total volume 270 ml (mixture + water = 270 ml). If you do not have scales - just fill in the cup with water.

p.s. DO NOT USE HOT WATER!
Also watch the percentage of the vinegar (mine was 30% so I put some water in it and made 10% - took 1 big spoon of vinegar and 2 big spoons of water)


2. Add flour and make a pastry and let it rest for some time (15-20 minutes)


3. Divide the pastry into 4 parts


AND EACH PART
4. Roll into 30 cm* 55 cm piece

5. Cover it with 50 g of soft butter or margarine


6. Roll the pastry on a rolling-pin

7. Cut the pastry along the rolling-pin.

8. Take the pastry off the rolling-pin and fold in four

Finally, you will get 4 perfect pieces of puff pastry, each about 200-250g, altogether I got 920 g. Put those pieces of pastry in cellophane and put in a fridge for at least 4 hours, better to leave it there for a night. After that you can use it or freeze it.

I used only one part (240g) and made mini croissants with cheese


They were so good that disappeared in the mouth of my boyfriend in an hour (there were 12 pieces) and I received many compliments, so I strongly recommend this recipe!