Rough Puff Pastry Recipe

Ingredients for Rough Puff Pastry

• 2 cups flour
• ½ cup vegetable shortening, generous measure
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 egg
• Cold water

Instructions

1. Have vegetable shortening cold and firm.
2. Sift flour and salt into basin, add vegetable shortening and cut into pieces one inch square.
3. Beat up egg, add lemon juice and a very little cold water, then add them gradually into other ingredients making them into a stiff paste.
4. Roll in a long piece on floured board, fold in three, turn rough edges toward you and roll out again, continuing this for five times.
5. Place in refrigerator or in cool place ten minutes between each rolling.
6. This pastry may be used at once for all kinds of sweet or savory pies, but it is improved by standing for a few hours in a cool place.
7. Bake in hot oven.
8. Sufficient for two covered pies.