With the holidays approaching, I thought I would test all butter purchased puff pastry.  Normally, I would make my own using my blitz puff pastry method but I thought there might be a place for purchased puff pastry when time was of the essence.

I only wanted all butter puff pastry so that limited my options in St. Louis.  We have Dufour found at Whole Foods for about $14.00 for 14 ounces and Trader Joe’s for $3.99 for 18 ounces.  I kept looking for a catch with Trader Joe’s version and the only one I found is that it is only available from now until the end of the holiday season.  It is not a year round product as is Dufour. Continue reading →