Flaky Dough

• ingredients
  • 200g wheat flour (T55/T550/Type 0) + some extra for rolling
  • 12g sugar
  • $\frac{3}{4}$ tsp or about 4g salt
  • 140g butter
    • half cut into small cubes
    • half thinly sliced
  • ~75g ice-cold water
• instructions
  • mix the flour, sugar, salt, and cubed butter in a large bowl
  • work the mixture between your fingers until the butter has broken almost down
  • add the thin slices of butter, work them the same way, but leave them as larger pieces
    • add about 60g of the cold water to the mixture and work it in with a fork
    • gently knead the dough with your hand
    • remove larger pieces of dough from the bowl to a work surface
  • if there is still some dry flour and butter add another splash of water to it
    • press the dough together wrap in something or place in a container with a lid and up in the fridge for about 2 hours
    • take the dough from the fridge
    • flour the surface and roll out the dough
    • fold the dough in thirds (a letter fold), fold $\frac{1}{3}$ over the center third then the remaining half over all that
    • cover the dough and place in the fridge until a recipe asks for it

Elsewhere: Pumpkin Pie