Croissants are especially popular in France. In this country, these pastries are everywhere served with hot coffee or tea. In our country, the recipes also came a long time ago, besides they are firmly rooted in various books, they are followed in many coffee houses and restaurants. Because of the demand, most hostesses try to make croissants at home to treat their relatives and friends.
How to make croissants out of puff pastry
To make croissants with puff pastry you will need the following ingredients: 60 g sugar, 0,5 kg of flour of the highest grade, 2 pinches of salt, 2 chicken eggs, 200 g of butter, 140 ml of milk and 8 g of dry yeast newsweety.com.
The preparation process begins with kneading the dough. First you need to combine the yeast, flour, salt and granulated sugar. After that, introduce milk, 1 egg and 1/2 cup of warm purified water. Next, knead the dough for a few minutes until it forms the necessary elasticity. Let the resulting mass stand for several hours.
Now roll out the dough so that the result is a square layer. Keep the butter at room temperature. This is necessary so that it thaws. Place the creamy product in the middle of the rolled out layer. At the same time, it should be no more than 15 mm thick. Then roll the dough in half and again roll it out. When an elastic mass is formed, fold the sheet of flour base in 3 layers and send it to the refrigerator for 30 minutes. At the end of the specified period, repeat the rolling out, and then send the product again to the refrigerator. This procedure should be repeated several times.
To make the rolls have a beautiful appearance, a rectangular sheet of dough should be cut into equal triangles. Then roll up the bagels from the base of each triangle.
The only thing left is to preheat the oven to 220 °С (428 °F), lay the pieces of puff pastry on a baking tray lined with parchment paper or oiled, brush the surface of each bagel with beaten egg and salt, and only then send it to the oven for 20 minutes. Serve the finished treat with hot drinks. If desired, you can sprinkle the pastry with powdered sugar.
With chocolate
In this case, you will need a bar of white and dark chocolate, 300 ml of heavy milk, 150 g of butter, 10 g of cocoa, a cup of sugar, 200 g of sifted flour, vegetable oil and optionally fresh berries or fruit.
To work you need to prepare two pots and put them on the stove. In the first bowl, pour 200 ml of milk, and the second – fill with cocoa powder, sugar and the remaining amount of milk. The contents of the second container stir thoroughly. Next, add 2 pinches of salt to both pots. Add 80 grams of creamy milk to the container with the cocoa, place the remaining amount of product in the bowl with the milk. Alternately stir the contents of the pots. Now put the pots on a low heat and wait until all the components have dissolved. After that, in one of the pots add crushed white chocolate, and in the other – black chocolate. Once the contents in both pots have dissolved, take them off the stove.
Next, you have to work with the dark mixture. Add to it 60 grams of flour, send again to the fire and cook over low heat with a constant beating with a whisk. In a saucepan with a white mixture, add 80 grams of flour, after which you also send it to the stove and cook over low heat.
Cool the contents of both pots to room temperature. The filling is ready, then you can make croissants of the desired shape.
To do this, take the puff pastry, spread it on the table and roll it out into a rectangular sheet. From this rectangle, cut small triangles of different sizes. Along the base line, place the filling, and then wrap the product with a croissant. When all the croissants are formed, place them on a baking tray greased with butter and lined with paper. Now preheat the oven to 200 degrees, then lower the temperature to 180 degrees and send the croissants to bake for a third of an hour. Before serving, you can decorate the dessert with berries.
With Cheese
To make croissants with cheese, you will need puff pastry, cheese, and a small amount of flour to work the cutting board. In addition, you will need an egg to process the finished rolls and sesame seeds if desired.
Making the dessert begins with shredding the cheese. Roll the cooled dough into a thin sheet, then cut into small triangular-shaped pieces. Place grated cheese on the wide base of each triangle and roll up the blank. Place croissants on a baking tray with parchment paper, brush the top with beaten egg and send to the oven for a third of an hour. Sprinkle sesame seeds on the ready pastry.
With cottage cheese
To enjoy croissants with cottage cheese, you need to take 0.5 kg of puff pastry without yeast, 0.4 kg of cottage cheese, 2 chicken eggs, 2 tbsp. sour cream, a pinch of vanilla sugar, 4 tbsp. granulated sugar, raisins and powdered sugar to taste. First mix the egg, cottage cheese, raisins, vanilla and sour cream in a bowl. Then roll out the dough and smear it with the curd mass. After that, roll the dough into rolls. Place the croissants in a buttered baking dish or covered with baking paper. Brush each bagel with beaten egg and sprinkle with sugar. Bake the bagels for no more than 30 minutes at 200 degrees.
With jam
To make croissants at home in the presence of jam, you will need the following components: 500 g of flour, 50 g of yeast, a pinch of salt, an egg yolk, a glass of milk, filling in the form of jam or jam, 1 tsp. sugar and 0.5 cup of vegetable oil.
First, dissolve the sugar in heated milk, then add 2 tbsp of flour, pour the yeast mixture. The resulting dough should rest for a quarter of an hour, as a result of which its size will increase several times. After that, pour the remaining amount of flour, add warm oil and knead the dough. When it has increased in size, divide it into 5 equal parts, roll out each part into a thin sheet and cut into triangles. Grease the base of each triangle with jam. Then roll up the croissants. The ready products should rest for another 15 minutes, then treat them with a mixture made from 1 tbsp. milk and the yolk of 1 egg. Now send the tray to the oven for 20 minutes at 180 degrees. Sprinkle the finished dish with powdered sugar.