I found the below comment on http://noglutenrequired.blogspot.com/2009/05/homemade-gluten-free-puff-pastry-take-1.html – the person who wrote it was Anonymous so I can’t give credit where due but I tried it and it worked for me, so I thought I would share these tips and thought this would be the best place to pass the word to the GF community! The comment was:
I found your comments and suggestions on GF puff pastry quite interesting. I work as a product developer for a GF and vegan food producer in the UK and thought that I might share a few ideas about giving ‘stretch’ to gf pastry. If you mix 1/4 tsp of xanthan gum with 2 tsp sunflower oil and then add 100ml of cold water whilst constantly stirring you will get a thick gloopy substance which you can add to pastry and dough to help its ‘strechyness’ Another way of making a similar gloop is to boil 100ml linseeds in 600ml water for 15 minutes and then seperate the seeds from the gloop.