Chilled puff pastry vs frozen

Just found out there's actually two kind of puff pastry in my local supermarket, one called chilled and one called frozen. Do anyone know the difference?

Some people said the chilled one is fresher as it's kept in normal fridge not frozen. But then I'd also want to know if I have left over of this chilled puff pastry sheet can I freeze them for storage?

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Best Answer

Chilled means refrigerated, and frozen is frozen. The first is for shoppers who want to use the pastry dough right away, and the frozen is for most shoppers who aren't using it immediately.

You can freeze puff pastry. In fact, you can freeze and thaw it a couple of times before the freezing/thawing process starts to ruin the dough.

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Is it better to bake puff pastry from frozen?

It needs to be thawed before it can be baked into something delicious, and doing so overnight in the fridge is the best approach. This allows the pastry to become pliable without softening too much.

Why is puff pastry chilled?

Rolling and Folding When you start rolling butter into the pastry, both the dough and the butter need to be chilled to the same temperature. What is this? If the butter isn't cold enough when rolling it will melt into the dough and the pastry won't rise nicely when baked.

How do you use chilled puff pastry?

Using Your Puff Pastry You can use it as a crust for a free-form tart, fold it into breakfast turnovers, bake it into cups for easy appetizers, or cut it into bite-sized shapes for appetizers.

Is puff pastry chilled?

The keys to ensuring that you get crisp, flaky layers from your pastry are concerned with temperature and handling. Pastry should be at room temperature for rolling (to make it more pliable), but chilled before baking (so the buttery layers remain separate).

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