Stop the babying/gate keeping of laminated dough pastries……
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Stop the babying/gate keeping of laminated dough pastries…
I’ve been baking croissants now for 5 years. I started during the pandemic from Dominique Ansels work and I’ve made hundreds at home via at least 20 different recipes.
One trend I’ve noticed in a recent revisiting of methods online is the insane amount of unnecessary work, safe guards and gate keeping of how difficult it is. Thermometer guns, precise measurements, relentless refrigeration between folds. Clair Saffitz has to be the worst in how she drones on about the difficulty, the endless babying of the process and the sheer number of steps added.
It’s not hard. You make the dough, make a a butter block and enclose it in the dough. Roll it out, fold it. Roll it out, fold it. Sheet it, cut triangles, roll, proof and bake. It’s not that hard once you have the basics down.
I’m in no way affiliated with this dude, but search Yuval Croissant on YT and see the most effective, no nonsense process you will ever see and look at the results it produces (I used his exact technique for this picture).
TLDR: try it if you’re thinking about it. It’s not that hard.
#food #drink
I’ve been baking croissants now for 5 years. I started during the pandemic from Dominique Ansels work and I’ve made hundreds at home via at least 20 different recipes.
One trend I’ve noticed in a recent revisiting of methods online is the insane amount of unnecessary work, safe guards and gate keeping of how difficult it is. Thermometer guns, precise measurements, relentless refrigeration between folds. Clair Saffitz has to be the worst in how she drones on about the difficulty, the endless babying of the process and the sheer number of steps added.
It’s not hard. You make the dough, make a a butter block and enclose it in the dough. Roll it out, fold it. Roll it out, fold it. Sheet it, cut triangles, roll, proof and bake. It’s not that hard once you have the basics down.
I’m in no way affiliated with this dude, but search Yuval Croissant on YT and see the most effective, no nonsense process you will ever see and look at the results it produces (I used his exact technique for this picture).
TLDR: try it if you’re thinking about it. It’s not that hard.
#food #drink
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