Рецепт Pain Au Chocolat Recipe
This month, the I made it challenge set by Blue Jelly Beans was for croissants and pain au chocolat. I had already made croissants using a Viennese recipe and so I decided for the pain au chocolat I would use the Parisian recipe. I also changed how I rolled up my croissants as per my notes in my recipe. However, what I did not take into consideration was the weather. Dave had opened the upstairs door and the downstairs window and this created a wonderful through draft – right across the very space I had placed my bowl onto. I chose a nice warm spot that gets all the morning sun, in my dining room, as the weather was rather chilly. However, the cool breeze ensured that my croissants did not puff up very well. They did however taste very good, and I will make pain au chocolat again as they make a great afternoon tea treat. I have to add that the taste was as authentic as I have ever had in France and I think that it had to do with the milk chocolate that I use. This added just the right note of sweetness to the pain au chocolat. I use Canderel chocolate as it is sugar free and when I am overseas I buy the Lindt sugar free chocolate.
which brand of milk chocolate is your favourite?
Pain Au Chocolat Recipe
Adapted from Larousse Gastronomique page 330
Ingredients:
- 140mls lukewarm milk
- 7g dried yeast
- 250g flour
- 33g caster sugar - I used fructose
- 3.75mls salt
- 125g butter, softened
- 85g bar of milk chocolate - you will not use all of it
- 1 egg yolk, lightly beaten
Method:
Pour the milk into a jug and add the yeast
Mix in well and leave to stand for 20 minutes
Put the flour, sugar and salt into a mixing bowl
Give it a mix and then make a well in the middle
Pour the milk mix into the well and use your fingers to make a dough, mixing as quickly as possible
Cover with a cloth and leave to prove for an hour
Roll into a rectangle on a well floured surface
Dot a third of the butter on the pastry and then fold the top third down and the bottom third up
Roll out into a rectangle and repeat with a third of the butter
Fold as per above and roll out into a rectangle
Dot the rest of the butter on the pastry and fold as per above
Leave to rest for 30 minutes
Roll into a rectangle and cut into two or three lengthwise depending on how big you want your croissants
Cut squares and then cut each square into a triangle
Make a small cut into the base of each triangle, in the middle of the pastry
Place a block of chocolate on each side of the cut
Roll the pastry up from the base to the point
Place onto a lined baking tray and curve into a crescent shape
Preheat the oven to 220° Celsius
Leave the pastry to prove for 45 minutes
Brush with the egg yolk and bake for 10 minutes
Cool on a wire rack
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I am a foodie who is passionate about regional and seasonal produce. I live in a cottage by the sea with my husband, our three dogs, a tortoise and a fish. We are busy building a house which is an adventure all in itself. Each year we visit a new place to experience the food of the area.