In baking, a puff pastry(In arabic: العجينة المورقة or in frensh:La patte feuilleté) is a light, flaky, unleavened pastry containing several layers of fat which is in solid state at 20 °C (68 °F). In raw form, puff pastry is a dough which is spread with solid fat and repeatedly folded and rolled out. It is sometimes called a "water dough" or détrempe.
The gaps that form between the layers are a result of the puff pastry rising as the water evaporates into steam during the baking process. Piercing the dough will prevent excessive puffing, and crimping along the sides will prevent the layers from flaking all of the way to the edges. (From Wikipedia).
From the time I was in college until about 3 years ago, croissants were flaky, layered, buttery rolls of heaven, no matter where I bought them or who made them, Today I made my favourite croissant by puff pastry, this is my first time I try to make it and i succeed.
It was soft crunchy and yummy! The best Mini Croissants from Gourmet dish kitchen by simple way :)
The gaps that form between the layers are a result of the puff pastry rising as the water evaporates into steam during the baking process. Piercing the dough will prevent excessive puffing, and crimping along the sides will prevent the layers from flaking all of the way to the edges. (From Wikipedia).
From the time I was in college until about 3 years ago, croissants were flaky, layered, buttery rolls of heaven, no matter where I bought them or who made them, Today I made my favourite croissant by puff pastry, this is my first time I try to make it and i succeed.
It was soft crunchy and yummy! The best Mini Croissants from Gourmet dish kitchen by simple way :)
500 g of white flour
250 ml of cold water
1 tsp salt
400g of margarine lamination cut into pieces and very cold
In a bowl; put the flour and the frozen butter then; mix it just by the tips of your fingers...
after that; add the mix of water and salt and also mix it just by the tips of your fingers.
Until you have an incoherent dough.
Using a small dusting of flour and yeast (for 100 g of flour we need 25 g of yeast),
It is helpful to make indentations with your finger on the dough to keep track of were you are at with your folds. (One indentation for the first fold, two for the second, and so on.)
You can keep this dough in the fridge 24 hours.
With the rolling pin, make a rectangle by pressing firmly along its length and with a knife make triangles and a small scrap of dough at each end, as you see in the picture..
Hold a dough triangle so that the short notched side is on top and gently elongate without squeezing or compressing the dough
(you can make small triangles, medium or big depending on your taste)
(also you can fill it with chocolate or anything else or you can keep it classic without
filling)
Put the croissants in the oven-tray on 170C°/388F° for 15 mins.
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