When I made homemade puff pastry for my Cooking School for Delinquents (which is free BTW), it almost killed me. I made it while it was still cold so rolling it out was hell.
It did make a general amount of puff pastry and I did not want any of it to go to waste. I turned to my FoodSaver Vacuum Food Sealer Packaging System for help.
The Product
Because the additional rollers are so expensive, I have only been using them for very special foodie situations.
Product Testing
In my heart I know I probably will never make puff pastry from scratch again since it was such torture for me so I wanted it to be protected and to last as long as possible in my freezer.
It had been a while since I had used the sealer but most of it came back to me very intuitively. I measured out the length of the pastry and used the slider to cut the plastic.
I remembered how to heat seal an edge. Yay me!
Then I started the air-sucking process… Um, and, uh, started to get worried…
The pieces of puff pastry were suctioned together! They ended up being sucked into one pick block together. I was beyond exhausted at this point. I just threw it in the deep freeze and yes, it is still one frozen block of puff pastry.
Maybe I did something wrong? I mean, these pork chops were individually frozen? Perhaps there wasn’t enough space in the roll?
The Good News
The puff pastry turned out awesome! I used it to make turnovers which I will share on my blog with you soon.
Request for help
FoodSaver now has Liquid Block Heat-Seal Barrier Bags and I want to do them justice. Yes, meat is the perfect product tester and I will do that and may even cook something sous-vide but I would love to hear if you have any other ideas for me to try for product testing. I have a feeling life is about to get a tad messier!
I don’t think I’ve ever had home-made puff pastry in my entire life. I’m very impressed!
I made puff pastry once in school!! 50 yrs ago!
I am very interested in the vacuum sealer though. Are they expensive and are they really worth the money and effort?
For the love of all things. Homemade puff pastry. That statement alone exhausted me and I’m very proud of you. There are a few things like this that we do just to know if we could.
I often use puff pastry for easy apps — like brie and rosemary pops or tiny hats for single serving soups.
I love my vacuum sealer. I break up my steaks in a similar fashion and it really helps when buying in bulk. I’ve found that you make up the costs very quickly.
Very impressed! I will give it a try with my vacuum sealer.
Great ideas on the vacuum sealer. Thank you for sharing this useful article.
You are very welcome Jessica! Thanks for stopping by.
Love it! First time owning one and works wonderful!
Isn’t it amazing Mauro?! So glad you have one too!
After reading your post I wanna have a vacuum sealer immediately. Must buy! But I wonder that How much it is?
They don’t make the one I have anymore but you can get a comparable one for around $150.