4. capable of acting for oneself or on one's own: a very independent little girl. 5. providing a large unearned sum towards one's support (esp in the phrases independent income, independent means). 6. living on an unearned income. 7. (Mathematics) maths (of a system of equations) not linearly dependent.
Puff pastry. The light, flaky, buttery stuff of apple turnovers, beef Wellington, and, of course, the most epic waffles you'll ever eat. It all starts with an unleavened dough of flour, water, salt, and butter, which is rolled out and spread with fat (usually more butter). It's folded, or laminated in baker's speak, until the paper-thin layers number in the hundredsâhence the classic French mille-feuille, or one-thousand sheets. Yup.
Pastry flour is a soft wheat flour. Soft flours have a reduced gluten level and a relatively low protein content. Pastry flour is at 8% to 9% protein, and lets you create baked goods with a little more body and texture than cake flour, It is used for making biscuits, cookies, pie crusts, and pastries.