Ingredients:
For the Pastry Dough:
2 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
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½ cup cold water
For the Filling:
Sweet or Savoury Fillings (e.g.: fruit preserves, chocolate hazelnut spread, cheese and herbs)
For Assembly and Cooking:
Extra flour for dusting
Brushed melted butter or egg washes
If needed: powdered sugar OR sesame seeds for sprinkling
Instructions:
Prepare the Pastry Dough:
Blend in a big mixing bowl flour plus salt. Add butter chunks, which is well chilled then using your fingertips just keep on rubbing them into flour until you get crumbs that resemble course ones.
Using a fork or your hands, add cold water slowly by little to the dough until it comes together. It should feel smooth and not too sticky. Shape into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Roll Out the Dough:
Separate the chilled dough into even parts. On a lightly floured surface, roll out each portion into a thin rectangle or circle about 1/8 inch thick.
Add Filling:
Cover the rolled-out dough with your desired filling thinly while leaving a small border around the edges.
Roll and Shape:
Gently roll up the dough tightly into a cylinder from one edge or make folding of it in other shapes such as triangles and squares. Seal with light pressure along the edges.
Bake:
Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Place shaped pastries on parchment-lined baking sheet.
The pastries are then brushed with melted butter or egg wash for golden finish; plain sugar can be added optionally or sesame seeds used instead.
Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown and crispy pastry is cooked.
Cool and Serve:
Take out from oven, transfer them on wire racks where they shall cool down now serve them warm or at room temperature.