Danish croissant

Danish croissant

Overview

Croissant is a bread with crispy layers. It tastes crispy on the outside and waxy on the inside. It is not sweet and has a crispy texture. Because it is wrapped in butter and roasted, it has clear layers and tastes great. Work begins!

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Knead all ingredients and 25 grams of butter into a dough until it reaches the expansion stage, and make a basic fermentation until it is 2.5 times in size. Brush the surface of the bread with half of the egg. Next roll in butter.

    Danish croissant step 1
  2. Put 180 grams of butter in a plastic bag, flatten it into thin slices of about 0.3 cm.

    Danish croissant step 2
  3. The butter slices look like this. Refrigerate until ready. If it softens in the middle and is difficult to handle, you can put it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes before taking it out for operation.

    Danish croissant step 3
  4. Flatten and deflate the basically fermented dough, and roll it into a dough sheet, which is twice as large as the butter. Place the rolled butter piece in the middle of the dough.

    Danish croissant step 4
  5. Tighten all closures. Enclose the butter in the dough.

    Danish croissant step 5
  6. Flatten the dough into thin sheets.

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  7. Fold the left and right sides toward the middle to form the first round of 3-fold folds. Place in the refrigerator to rest for 10 minutes.

    Danish croissant step 7
  8. Take the first round of dough from the refrigerator and fold it into 3 parts.

    Danish croissant step 8
  9. Fold it into thirds from left to right like folding a quilt. After folding the second fold into thirds, place it in the refrigerator to rest for 10 minutes, then take it out and unfold it again. Repeat this step 3 times for a total of 30% off.

    Danish croissant step 9
  10. Take out the third round of 3-fold dough from the refrigerator and roll it into 0.4 cm sheets. Use a knife to cut the dough into relatively equal triangles.

    Danish croissant step 10
  11. Take 1 triangle of dough and cut a small slit in the middle of the lower horizontal line.

    Danish croissant step 11
  12. Pull the two sides apart with your fingers and roll them up.

    Danish croissant step 12
  13. Roll it up like this.

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  14. Then glue the two sides to each other to form a croissant.

    Danish croissant step 14
  15. Arrange the prepared beef horns on a baking tray, put it in the oven and turn on the fermentation setting for the second fermentation until it doubles in size. A bowl of hot water can be placed under the baking pan to keep it hydrated.

    Danish croissant step 15
  16. Take out the fermented bread and lightly brush the surface with egg wash. After preheating the oven to 170 degrees for 5 minutes, place the bread in the middle of the oven and bake at 170 degrees for 15 minutes.

    Danish croissant step 16
  17. The finished product is released.

    Danish croissant step 17