Yes, it's croissants again. Wonderful, fragrant and incredibly delicious homemade cakes! Today we will bake puff pastry. Preparing such a dough takes time and effort, but the effort is more than repaid by the taste of the finished product! Crispy crust and weightless puff crumb! There will be a lot of step-by-step instructions, I tried to show the whole process from kneading the dough to baking croissants in as much detail as possible.
Cook Time | 120 minutes |
Servings |
Ingredients
- 250 gram Flour wheat / Flour
- 75 ml Water
- 50 ml Milk
- 6 gram Dry yeast
- 27 gram Sugar
- 175 gram Butter of these, the Dough-50, for Rolling-125
- 1 pieces Chicken egg for lubrication
Ingredients
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Instructions
- Form a small rectangle from the resulting dough. The smoother and more correct it will be, the easier it will be to roll out in the future. Wrap in foil or parchment and refrigerate on the bottom shelf for at least 4 hours. It is better to stay overnight, you can leave it for 12 or 24 hours. My dough has been lying for a little less than a day.
- Now let's make puff pastry. After the allotted time, remove the dough and butter from the refrigerator and leave on the table for 10 minutes, no more. Sprinkle the table with flour, put the dough on top too. Remove the excess and roll out the dough into a rectangle, 2 times the area of butter. Spread the dough with butter and form a square.
- After an hour, sprinkle the table with flour, lay out the dough with a fold on the right (sprinkle with flour, remove excess) and roll out into a thin (0.5 cm thick) rectangle. The thickness should be the same over the entire surface! Next, fold the dough three times - bend the edge of the dough away from yourself and cover with another part. Walk a little with a rolling pin, flatten a little. In the photo, the dough after rolling, folded 3 times. Wrap it in cling film again and put it in the refrigerator for another 1 hour.
- An hour has passed, and the dough is completely ready! Roll out the dough again - do not forget to sign it in a rectangle 4-5 mm thick. At this stage, you need to work very carefully, slowly, the layers are very thin! Trim the edges of the dough, make cuts 8-10 cm wide - this will be the basis of triangles for croissants. We cut the triangles with a very sharp knife, the dough does not tear, namely it is cut.
- Cover the baking sheet with parchment (I don't have it), put the croissants at a distance from each other. Cover with the film loosely, without pulling. Leave to rise for 1-1.5 hours in a warm place. We are not in a hurry, we allow it to grow 2 times. Before baking, brush with beaten egg. Bake in a hot oven for 200*10 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 190 (185)* and bake for another 10-12 minutes. Focus on your technique!