Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, croissants (plain, chocolate, cheese, and almonds). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
If you want to fill them, you can leave them in the larger squares or put the chocolate in the triangle shape before rolling up. I know that chocolate croissants (or, more correctly, pain au chocolat) are the stars of most pastry cases. I will choose them over chocolate croissants every single time.
Croissants (Plain, Chocolate, Cheese, and Almonds) is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Croissants (Plain, Chocolate, Cheese, and Almonds) is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook croissants (plain, chocolate, cheese, and almonds) using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Croissants (Plain, Chocolate, Cheese, and Almonds):
- Prepare Détrempe
- Get 3 1/2 cup (525 g) flour (unbleached)
- Take 1 cup (250 ml) water, room temp
- Get 1/2 cup (125 ml) 2% milk, room temp
- Make ready 5 tbsp (62 g) white sugar
- Make ready 1 pkg (8g, 2 1/4 tsp) dry instant yeast
- Make ready 2 tsp salt
- Take 4 tbsp (60 g) unsalted butter, room temp
- Make ready Beurrage
- Make ready 1 1/4 cup (285 g) unsalted butter at room temp
- Get 1 egg whisked with 1 tbsp of water for brushing
- Make ready Almond filling
- Make ready 2 tbsp ground almond
- Get 1 1/2 tbsp sugar
- Take 2 tsp soft butter
- Take 1/4 tsp almond extract
I published a complete guide to tackling croissants and challenged you to. Plus "chocolate croissants" is kind of a misnomer, since croissant means crescent and these chocolate-filled pastries are more often Unlike puff pastry dough, croissant dough is made with yeast. To properly activate yeast, the liquid—in this case, milk—that the yeast is bloomed in must be. If a chocolate croissant is better than a plain one, and an almond croissant is better than a chocolate croissant (in my humble opinon), then a chocolate-almond croissant should be heaven in a mouthful.
Instructions to make Croissants (Plain, Chocolate, Cheese, and Almonds):
- If you have a mixer, stir flour, water, milk, sugar and yeast on low speed. Then add the salt and butter and increase the speed one level up.. (You can do this process by hand as well, which I did)
- Shape the dough into a rectangle, cover with a kitchen towel and a plastic wrap. Let it set out for 2 hours then chill for at least 6 hours to ideally 10 hours.
- Shape the butter into an 8 inch square. Chill the butter, and take it out 20 mins before starting the folding step. Place the butter in the middle of the dough and fold from each corner side like forming an envelope. Then roll out the dough to a rectangle shape, fold the dough into thirds. Return that dough to the tray cover it with kitchen towel and plastic wrap and chill it for 8 hours.
- Repeat the rolling and folding 2 more times for at least 6-8 hours each chilled time. You should normally see the butter bubbling out.
- Get the dough out and cut it by half, roll out the dough to 16 by 12 inch. Cut the edges then cut the dough to your preference of plain or chocolate. Add your fillings roll. For the chocolate you do not need to cut in a triangle shape. Just straight will work.
- Proof for another 90 mins. Then brush the surface with your egg wash and bake for 15 mins on 190c (375) heat. Enjoy it after
- Enjoy
That's exactly what I was after when I started to study pastry: a precise creation that. Traditional croissant dough is a fun, but a time consuming process. Then add your favorite chocolate to the middle and roll up. Homemade Chocolate Croissants (Pain Au Chocolate). Place the chocolate on the edge of the dough and roll tightly enclosing it in the dough.
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