Gingerbread Puff Pastry

How to make Gingerbread Puff Pastry Recipe

Ingredients:
300g strong bread flour
50g chilled butter
good pinch of salt
25g Gingerbread Spice Mixture
150ml ice-cold water (place in the refrigerator overnight)
½ tsp fresh lemon juice
225g chilled butter, for layering

Method:
Place flour, first measure of butter, salt and Gingerbread Spice Mixture into a large mixing bowl and, using your fingers, roughly break up the butter into the flour. Add icecold water and lemon juice. Using your hands, mix ingredients to form a firm dough. Tip dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 2–3 minutes. Form into a ball. Cover dough with plastic wrap and allow to rest for 5–10 minutes. On a lightly floured surface, use a rolling pin to roll out dough to a 25cm square approximately 1cm thick.

Ensure layering butter is the same consistency as the dough this can be done by hitting the chilled butter with a rolling pin to achieve a 17cm square (the hitting will be enough to soften the butter). Place it inside the rolled out square of dough.

Fold each corner of dough into the centre to encase layering butter in an envelope, obtaining two layers of dough and one layer of butter.

Now give pastry six ‘single turns’ as described in the Butter Puff Pastry recipe and cover with plastic wrap. Store in refrigerator or freezer until needed.