Danish Pastry
4 To 6 cups flour 2 pk Dry yeast or 1 ounce fresh -yeast 3 tb Sugar 1 ts Salt 3 Whole eggs or 6 egg yolks 1 ts Grated orange rind 1/4 ts Ground cardamom seeds -(optional) 1 ts Vani...
Ingredients
- 4to 6 cups flour
- 2package dry yeast or 1 ounce fresh
- 1tsp salt
- 3whole eggs or 6 egg yolks
- 1tsp grated orange rind
- 1/4tsp ground cardamom seeds
- 11/4 c cold milk (approximately)
- 2cup butter, firm, but not ice
Directions
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4 To 6 cups flour 2 pk Dry yeast or 1 ounce fresh -yeast 3 tb Sugar 1 ts Salt 3 Whole eggs or 6 egg yolks 1 ts Grated orange rind 1/4 ts Gro
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In shaping small pastries, it is sometimes necessary to re-chill partially shaped dough until it is firm enough for the job to be completed
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When you first make the pastry, be careful to follow all the rules
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Don't make it in the summertime unless your kitchen is air conditioned
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After you gain experience you may attempt short cuts such as rolling out and folding the dough twice in succession without re-chilling
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Another way of shortening the process is by placing the dough in the freezer between rollings
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Usually 10 minutes in the freezer is suffiecient
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When you use this short cut, be careful not to freeze the dough solid