What a really fantastic recipe to make for that weekend breakfast to share with your family or friends over a coffee and maybe fresh fruit , a really easy recipe to follow by watching the video tutorial below .. happy baking
This recipe uses 6 day old croissants which you could buy or either make the video is below also
Here is a recipe video tutorial from YouTube for plain croissants that you will need to make these almond croissants plus the ingredients you will from joyofbaking website
Croissant Dough:
475 grams (3 2/3 cups) all-purpose flour
6 grams (1 3/4 teaspoons) SAF Gold instant yeast (Available on Amazon)
65 grams (1/3 cup) granulated white sugar
2 grams (2/3 teaspoon) dry malt (diastatic) powder (Available on Amazon)
10 grams (2 1/2 teaspoons) salt
25 grams (2 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
240 grams (1 cup) water, at room temperature
30 grams (3 tablespoons) cream, at room temperature
225 grams (1 cup) cold unsalted European style ‘cultured’ butter
Glaze:
2 large egg yolks (about 35 grams)
1 large egg (50 grams)
Here for you is the video tutorial for almond croissants from YouTube plus the ingredients you will need from the joyofbaking website
Almond Croissants:
6 Day Old Croissants (recipe above )
Sugar Syrup:
1/4 cup (60 grams) water
1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated white sugar
1 tablespoon (10 grams) Rum or Brandy (optional)
Almond Cream (Frangipane)
1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated white sugar
1 large egg (55 grams without shell), at room temperature
1/2 teaspoon (2 grams) pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon (4 grams) rum or brandy (optional)
1 cup (115 grams) ground almonds>
3 1/2 tablespoons (30 grams) all purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
Garnish:
Shaved almonds
Full written recipe is available on the joyofbaking website please use the next page link below
