Recipe Traditional Croissants
To make this dish
Ingredient list
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Lactic starter80 g traditional French flour (T55, approximately 11% protein)
64 g milk
50 g Cream 35% Fat
80 g natural liquid starter
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Traditional croissant dough926 g traditional French flour (T55, approximately 11% protein)
270 g lactic starter
71 g honey
110 g eggs
365 g milk
290 g water
121 g roasted butter
150 g sugar
44 g salt
92 g yeast
926 g French pastry (gruau) flour (T45, approximately 14% protein)
1000 g Unsalted 1kg butter Sheet 84% fat
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Cream egg wash200 g egg yolks
100 g cream
100 g milk
The right ingredients
Unsalted 1kg butter Sheet 84% fat
The recipe, step by step
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01
Lactic starter
Heat the milk and cream to 40°C. Add the flour followed by the starter. Let rise at 30°C for 3 hours.
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02
Traditional croissant dough
Dissolve the yeast in the cold milk. Combine the flours, salt, sugar, brown butter, water, milk/yeast mixture, eggs, honey and lactic starter on speed 1 of the stand mixer for 5 minutes. Increase speed to 2 and knead for 8 minutes. Shape into a ball and let rise for 30 minutes. Punch down and roll out into a rectangle. Wrap with plastic film, freeze for 45 minutes then refrigerate overnight.
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03
Cream egg wash
Combine all ingredients.
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04
Shaping and baking
Set aside a 400 g piece of croissant dough.
Enclose the sheet of butter in the remaining dough and perform 1 double turn. Then give the dough a single turn and let rest for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
Roll out the 400 g piece of dough to the size of the butter/dough packet . Stick together and roll out to a thickness of 3.5 mm. Cut into triangles measuring 30 cm high by 7.5 cm at the base (75 - 80 g). Cut a 1 cm notch in the base of the triangles and spread out to a width of 13.5 cm. Roll up the croissants and give them their traditional crescent shape. Store in the freezer or let rise for 2 hours at 27°C (80% humidity). Place in the refrigerator for 10 minutes, then brush with the cream egg wash. Preheat the convection oven to 190°C and bake at 160°C for approximately 18 minutes. If using a deck oven, bake at 200°C (top and bottom) for approximately 25 minutes.
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