Puff Pastry Sheet Dough

Posted in response to a request for a recipe for homemade puff pastry sheets.

Sieve the flour and salt into a bowl.

Add the lemon juice and the butter broken into pieces the size of a walnut.

Add sufficient cold water to bind the ingredients together.

Turn on to a floured board , and roll the pastry into a long strip.

Fold it in three , and press the edges together.

Half turn the pastry , rib it with the rolling pin to equalize the air in it , and again roll it into a strip.

Fold in three and repeat this until the pastry has had four rolls , folds and half-turns.

It is then ready for use.

flour, butter, salt, lemon juice, cold water