Portos Copycat Cheese Rolls
I've been hearing so much about Porto's bakery in L.A. and seen so many people order their frozen pastries to bake at home. My good friend Debra, who grew up in Southern California, ordered some cheese rolls for me to try out! I decided to make a copycat of this puff pastry treat! I mean, I love cream cheese filling, cheesecakes and puff pastry, so how could I not fall in love with the Porto's cheese rolls! So here's my take on this tasty treat!
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What is puff pastry? It is a laminate dough where thin layers of butter is created by repetitively folding and rolling to create hundreds of layers. Thin layers of butter browns and crisps up the pastry when baked. It is similar to a croissant with the exception that there is no yeast used to create a puffier pastry.
In order to produce a really tasty puff pastry, I will be using a higher butterfat content butter. In my local supermarket I can find the Kerrygold, which is an Irish butter and contains a higher butter fat. This will produce a very flakey crust for our puff pastry. You can use pre-made puff pastry instead of making your own, but keep in mind that most pre-made puff pastry are not made with 100% butter. It is usually some butter, if any, shortening or other fats.
My recipe and methods are all hand produced for this recipe so that everyone can make it at home. You do not need any special equipments.
Okay, my first attempt a making a "quick puff pastry" was a fail. Not completely, but I did not achieve the separate flakey layers with the frozen butter shredded into tiny pieces. So in my next attempt, I will be rolling the really cold butter into the dough instead of incorporating them into the flour in tiny pieces. In the meantime the puff pastry from the super market produced a very beautiful golden brown crust and flakey layers. What it is missing is the butter flavor factor. But for a homemade quick copycat of the Porto's cheese roll; it's not bad at all! And I promise I will be back with a better homemade puff pastry so that we get that buttery goodness that the Porto's cheese roll has. I'm a woman on the mission now! Wish me luck!
