Danish Pastry Dough in Sheets (with Yeast) 500g (2024)

FAQs

Why is my Danish pastry dough tough? ›

Why are my Danish pastries tough? Overkneading (more than 5min), rolling the dough too vigorously and adding too much flour during the folding can make the pastry tough.

Always bake Puff Pastry Shells in a preheated 425° F oven. Bake Puff Pastry Cups in a preheated 400° F oven for 20 minutes. Do not bake either Shells or Cups in a microwave or toaster oven. See our Tips & Techniques page for more baking tips for Puff Pastry Sheets, Shells and Cups.

DIFFERENCE PUFF PASTRY

First of all Danish pastries contain a high level of fat: 40%. The second difference is that Danish dough contains yeast and that isn't the case for puff pastry. This is the reason that after baking, puff pastries contain a more airy structure and a more crispy bite.

Danish dough products should be removed from sheet pans immediately after baking. Danish dough and puff pastry dough are both rolled in doughs, but Danish dough is leavened with yeast, while puff pastry dough is not. Puff pastry products are baked at low temperatures to prevent burning or scorching.

Just sprinkle some cold water over the dough with your fingers and work it in—gently! —until the dough comes together. If your dough gets too warm, send it back into the fridge to chill out. When you take it back out, it should roll more easily.

When baking Puff Pastry, note that it's done when it's golden and puffy, not wet and doughy. Use the baking time in the recipe as a guideline, and rely on your eyes as well. You can bake Puff Pastry on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Fill the pastry case with a round of baking paper and add baking beans (see tip) to weigh it down. Bake for 15 mins, then carefully remove the paper and beans and cook the pastry for 5 mins more (this is called baking blind).

Jus-Rol's ready rolled Puff Pastry Sheet is perfect for tasty dinners and desserts. No need for a rolling pin as this sheet is ready to use and even comes complete with baking paper so you can pop it straight into the oven. The separate layers formed when baked give puff pastry its unique flaky and airy texture.

Traditional Danish pastries

In Denmark, these world-famous sticky delights are called Vienna Bread (wienerbrød), as they were first made in Denmark in the 1840s by Austrian bakers.

What is the rolling in procedure for Danish dough? ›

Roll out the dough into a rectangle about one-third longer than your butter sheet. Place the butter sheet on the dough and fold into thirds like a letter. Roll the dough out, turn the dough 90 degrees and repeat the folding and rolling process. Rotate the dough again and repeat.

The base dough, known as the detrempe, varies depending on the type of pastry. For example, puff pastry dough is made up of flour, water, and salt; croissant dough is prepared with flour, sugar, yeast, salt, and milk; while Danish dough includes the same ingredients as a croissant dough but adds eggs to the mix.

Just like when we make pie crust or biscuits, make sure the butter is extra cold. If the butter isn't cold, the butter will melt, the dough will turn to semi-liquid, and you won't have any layers or flakes in your pastry. The colder the butter (and dough), the better results.

You'll find instructions to punch down dough in recipes for yeast-based bread. That's because yeast produces carbon dioxide, which causes the dough to rise. By punching the dough down, you can release some of the carbon dioxide and redistribute the yeast, giving you a more even rise and texture.

Refrigerating the dough allows the flour to fully hydrate and helps to make the cookie dough firmer. Firm dough prevents the cookies from spreading too much, which is why chilling the dough is a crucial step for cut-out and rolled cookies.

Problem: Your Pastry is Hard and Tough

You've added too much water to the flour but not enough fat. It is important to keep the pastry cool during rolling and the oven needs to be hot.

Richard's solution: Tough pastry is very common, but easily avoidable. It usually occurs when you've been a bit heavy-handed with the water when you're initially bringing the pastry together (by adding water to the flour and butter), or if you have over-worked the dough and developed the gluten in the flour.

Tough pie crusts are typically the result of working the dough too much (again, gluten). You don't need to make sure it's a perfectly uniform ball. “As long as the dough is mostly holding together, you don't need to spend a lot of time kneading it,” Susan Reid wrote for King Arthur Baking.