How to Make Perfect Croissants, from Foodbeam
In her latest post, French blogger Fanny of the sweets and pastry-centric blog foodbeam explains how to make perfect croissants accompanied by photographs that tortuously accentuate every golden, buttery layer.
Although I've never thought of seriously making my own croissants considering that the most advanced thing I can bake is a cupcake, Fanny's instructions almost make me believe I have the power to do so. "Making croissant can seem pretty daunting at first," she gently begins, "but once you’ll really pay attention to the different steps, you’ll realise it’s as easy as making pâte feuilletée." Oh yes, it's as easy as that...wait, I've never made pâte feuilletée before. (Of course, Fanny has clearly illustrated instructions for making puff pastry.)
But now I have a goal: to one day make croissants from scratch. I will picture Fanny's croissants in mind every step of the way.
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9 Comments:
As easy as pate feuilletée? At the FCI I think we made it three times over because no-one's in the whole class was really rising :)
Michele Humes at 8:11AM on 03/04/09
@Michele: I was thinking, "Hey that doesn't look very easy.." yet I WANT TO TRY IT ANYWAY. And probably end up with a load of buttery dough that doesn't do anything.
roboppy at 8:49AM on 03/04/09
Julia Child does this on her show (god I love netflix!) and she made it look so easy! The layers of butter and dough...maybe not easy, but definitely delicious. take a saturday and start early :p
csbrown at 9:13AM on 03/04/09
Thank you for this post! Absolutely inspiring.
johnhutch at 10:55AM on 03/04/09
Or...you could try Trader Joe's Mini Croissants in the frozen food section. Williams-Sonoma will send you theirs on dry ice. Both are excellent, but TJ's are much cheaper. Last September I spent a good part of two weeks in Paris searching for the best of everything. For croissants I give the nod to Au Levain du Marais at 26 rue Beaumarche in the 11th.
Anne Argula at 3:43PM on 03/04/09
Junior high, home-ec class: The first day was an introduction, in which the teacher said that in the next class we would be making croissants. I went home and excitedly told my parents that I would be learning how to make croissants in home-ec class. They were understandably surprised and impressed by the ambitiousness of this first foray into cooking for junior high students! I entered class the next day. Groups were established. We were ready. Then each group received... a can of Pillsbury crescent rolls. :(
sffoodie at 4:08PM on 03/04/09
@sffoodie: That's so sad. :(
roboppy at 4:36PM on 03/04/09
I must say Trader Joe's Mini Croissants are perfection!
BiltonNY at 4:50PM on 03/04/09
Wow I'll have to try those trader Joe's croissants as I'll be trying to recreate this amazing croissant-banana bread pudding I had last night!
Embackus at 5:19PM on 03/04/09