Croissants (Plain, Chocolate, Cheese, and Almonds)
Croissants (Plain, Chocolate, Cheese, and Almonds)

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first 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 that.

The ingredients needed to make Croissants (Plain, Chocolate, Cheese, and Almonds):
  1. Get Détrempe
  2. Get 3 1/2 cup (525 g) flour (unbleached)
  3. Take 1 cup (250 ml) water, room temp
  4. Get 1/2 cup (125 ml) 2% milk, room temp
  5. Get 5 tbsp (62 g) white sugar
  6. Get 1 pkg (8g, 2 1/4 tsp) dry instant yeast
  7. Make ready 2 tsp salt
  8. Make ready 4 tbsp (60 g) unsalted butter, room temp
  9. Make ready Beurrage
  10. Get 1 1/4 cup (285 g) unsalted butter at room temp
  11. Get 1 egg whisked with 1 tbsp of water for brushing
  12. Prepare Almond filling
  13. Get 2 tbsp ground almond
  14. Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp sugar
  15. Get 2 tsp soft butter
  16. Get 1/4 tsp almond extract

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Steps to make Croissants (Plain, Chocolate, Cheese, and Almonds):
  1. 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)
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. Enjoy

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