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Croissants from Chef Tsiapas

Ingredients
  

Pastry

  • 1 kg Flour
  • 200 g Butter
  • 30 g Yeast
  • 10 g Salt
  • 120 g Sugar
  • 1150 - 1180 g Water

Laminating butter

  • 400 g-> hard Butter

Instructions
 

  • Mix pastry together for 15 minutes and roll it to 1.5 cm. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
  • Wag the hard butter with a rolling pin until it softens but still cold.
  • Do a book fold for 4 times.
  • Cut into 2 and chill for 1 hour.
  • Roll out thinly to 4 mm and cut into triangles.
  • After they are done, they can be frozen to be used when needed.
  • To cook the croissant, first raise till they are double their sizes on an oiled baking pan.
  • Brush with egg and water mixture.
  • Bake at 180C oven until golden in color.