Palmiers are pastry-like biscuits that are one of the representative French biscuits and are extremely easy to make. Puff pastry or pate feuilletee as the French call it is sugared then rolled from both ends to meet in the middle, then sliced and placed on the baking sheet to bake to a golden hue and sugar is caramelized, perfect with a hot cup of tea or coffee. This is another great basic recipe that you can be creative with and expand on endlessly, for example flavouring the dough itself, adding other spices or herbs to the puff pastry before rolling for savoury versions and the list goes on. For a fast version, just use store-bought puff pastry which works fine although I still think making your own puff pastry will be more fun and rewarding.
If you intend to keep the dough overnight in the fridge before baking (which is advisable) do wrap it properly to avoid the dough from being exposed to the air and drying out. The puff in puff pastries and the many layers that you see once you bite into one comes from the layers of butter which steam and cause the area between the flour and butter to expand in the oven. I did not know about this previously but apparently in classic puff pastry, you want to create 729 layers of folded dough for the 'perfect' pastry much like how 9 layers are considered ideal when rolling tamago.
I would also like to thank Kristy from My Little Space and Holly from Beyond Kimchee for presenting the Stylish Blogger Award to Tastes of Home recently.
Recipe for puff pastry from King Arthur Flour
Ingredients:
Homemade puff pastry (above) or store-bought (defrost according to package instructions)
Enough sugar
A little bit of water to moisten hands
Method:
Firstly, dust your work surface with some sugar (you will be rolling the dough onto it). Roll the dough thinly on the sugar to about 1/4 inch. Sprinkle more sugar on the top part of the dough. Make a rough mark of where the center is. Roll both ends towards each other and with moistened hands make sure the the middle line where both rolls meet are gently stuck together. If the dough feels too soft, place in fridge for 20-30 minutes before slicing.
Heat an oven to about 350 F. Start slicing the dough, about 1/4 inch each slice. Place the palmiers flat-side down on a baking tray and sprinkle with a little bit more sugar. Bake until golden brown, this should take about 15 minutes. Done!
10 comments:
Looks yummy Jen! I've made these with frozen puff pastry -- never so brave to actually make that part myself!
The palmiers look so inviting and I'm bewildered by all your pics ........have plenty to learn from your photography.
thanks Dina! hehe puff pastry is quite a lot of work, but it can be fun (when you have time and the mood!)
Thanks for your kind words Cheah!
Don't you love the look of these addictive pastries! I love laminated dough a lot too. A lot of works involved but darn worth it. Thanks so much for the shout out. You deserved it. Hope you're having a great day.
Blessings, Kristy
You're totally right, a lot of work but worth it. Just noticed the typo in your name, so sorry! Thanks again for your kind compliments :)
I love palmiers too! Have not made this for a very long time but I still have some frozen pastry in my freezer. Hopefully can make this weekend. Thanks for reminding :)
I have always felt intimidated making pastries, you make it sound so simple!
Yes they are such lovely cookies :)
It does require more time and effort but is not hard :)
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