Make Puff Pastry

Make puff pastry: This module’s goal is to give students the skills they need to plan, prep, and create a variety of puff pastries. They will gain knowledge of assessing and enhancing puff pastry quality.

Course Objectives:

• On completion of the course, learners will be able to:
• Understand the elements required to produce basic puff pastry
• List and describe the functionality of ingredients used in making puff pastry
• List the types of puff pastry and the fat to flour ratio
• Calculate puff pastry recipe using Baker’s Percentage
• Describe the ingredient pre-conditioning requirements for making puff pastry
• Describe the basic mixing methods and processing parameters for making puff pastry
• Apply the various puff pastry methods to produce puff pastry dough
• Describe the lamination principles of making puff pastry
• Put the required folds in puff pastry according to pastry (fat to flour ratio) type
• Rest puff pastry during processing and prior to baking using refrigeration
• Sheet puff pastry using a dough sheeter to required thickness
• Cut basic shapes required by hand or cutter for further processing
• Incorporate scrap puff pastry into straight dough for processing
• Understand the importance of minimizing of scrap pastry and its effect of product texture and quality
• Fill cut shapes, egg wash pre-oven finish and rest puff pastry prior to baking
• Remove and cool baked items on cooling racks
• Finish puff pastry items where appropriate with suitable finishing mediums
• Evaluate baked puff pastry products following quality parameters
• Store baked items under suitable conditions
• Produce puff pastry items following standard hygiene and food safety requirements for food production

Products (Practical Component):

1. Fruit Turnover
2. Meat Turnovers
3. Apple Strudel
4. Palmier Pastry
5. Victoria Pastry
6. Apple Strudel
7. Chop in Puff
8. Tuna Puff

Upon completion of the course, you will receive an SOA (Statement of Attainment) (e-Cert) in Baking.  With this cert you can find more opportunities in Singapore Market.