Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, croissants (plain, chocolate, cheese, and almonds). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. 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. Hello Friends, Welcome back to our Channel ! These buttery and flaky almond croissants are made from scratch, including the almond paste inside each pastry.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have 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):
- Get Détrempe
- Prepare 3 1/2 cup (525 g) flour (unbleached)
- Prepare 1 cup (250 ml) water, room temp
- Make ready 1/2 cup (125 ml) 2% milk, room temp
- Make ready 5 tbsp (62 g) white sugar
- Prepare 1 pkg (8g, 2 1/4 tsp) dry instant yeast
- Get 2 tsp salt
- Prepare 4 tbsp (60 g) unsalted butter, room temp
- Make ready Beurrage
- Prepare 1 1/4 cup (285 g) unsalted butter at room temp
- Make ready 1 egg whisked with 1 tbsp of water for brushing
- Prepare Almond filling
- Prepare 2 tbsp ground almond
- Take 1 1/2 tbsp sugar
- Prepare 2 tsp soft butter
- Make ready 1/4 tsp almond extract
Start with day-old or fresh plain croissants. You can either purchase or make the basic croissants yourself, but keep in mind that the richer and higher quality the plain croissants, the Slice your plain croissants horizontally with a serrated knife. Don't cut them completely in half - you want the top of. Extra flaky and buttery homemade chocolate croissants (Pain au Chocolat) are incredible warm from the oven.
Steps 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
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