PrintCroissant update
I did it!! They look so cool!!
An update for those of you who were so supportive of my initial attempt at croissants. I used a recipe for "Authentic croissants at home" from Cooks Illustrated. I chose this one for several reasons, it is fairly simple - a shorter time frame because of less folds and doing two folds at once (fit into my schedule today perfectly), no steam bath involved (sounded quite scary), I have always had great luck with everything I have made from them, and of course there were good pictures.
So while not totally authentic I must say I enjoyed making them and they really did come out good! Very flaky appearing from the outside, many visible layers, the chocolate stayed nicely inside. They taste yummy but unfortunately a little doughy in the bottom layers. I am hoping this is because I did not wait until they cooled all the way before I cut one in half an sampled. Maybe I should have let them rise a bit longer, I ran out of time. I hope my friends enjoy them tonight.
I am inspired to try more of this sort of baking and will not hesitate to try a more complicated version now.
Thanks for the encouragement.
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3 Comments:
congratulations! that's so great. i have to tell you that the whole thread about/recipes for croissants has made me vastly more appreciative of my local patissier. working there as counter help for three and a half years didn't really give me any insight into how hard is was to make the things i was selling because i was too busy with customers to spend much time in the kitchen. now that i know, i am shelling out the big bucks to get their fresh baked goods every saturday morning! how lucky i was to get them free for all those years.
lexophile at 7:07PM on 01/26/08
I'm so glad you did this... I bet though, that sooner or later you'll cave in and try the more complex version :)
mongoose at 1:51PM on 01/27/08
Awesome! That's inspiring. And so rewarding too. You have a boatload of fresh chocolate croissants now!
seyo at 11:02PM on 01/27/08