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  • Croissant with precise distinct layers recipe

    Posted by Salma Sali on November 19, 2024 at 19:42

    Dear Scolinary community!!!!

    Does any of you know the recipe and how to bake such a beautiful nicely baked croissants as I posted in the pictures.

    I tired many recipes but so far I’m lacking success 😫

    If anybody knows that “secret sauce” please share in our community 🙏

    also if you noticed the coverage of the egg wash as it was painted with no flows, is that a specific method of painting (specific timing etc) or the recipe itself or both? Because some are using light version like milk and egg, but some only yolks and heavy cream?

    • This discussion was modified 1 day, 20 hours ago by  Salma Sali.
    Sol Damiani replied 2 hours, 47 minutes ago 4 Members · 14 Replies
  • 14 Replies
  • Quinny Chiang

    Member
    November 19, 2024 at 19:45

    Use 5% of the dough to make a top layer. Put that on the laminated dough and then roll it out, cut it into portions

    • Salma Sali

      Member
      November 19, 2024 at 19:51

      What that means? May you please give a little bit more details?

      thank you so much for reply ❤️

      • Quinny Chiang

        Member
        November 19, 2024 at 20:12

        The method that I described earlier was for the distinctive shiny top layer of the croissants. Is that what you wanted? If you wanted to learn how to make better looking croissants in general, there are chefs who offer lessons. Or you can also follow those chefs on instagram and ask them questions. I haven’t done that before but I have heard from other fellow bakers talking about how to get that distinctive layer on top. Basically, you make a croissant dough and use 5% of that dough as an extra layer to put on top of the already laminated dough and then roll it out. And proceed as usual. I hope this help. I don’t know what more do I need to tell you. Sorry.

        • Salma Sali

          Member
          November 19, 2024 at 20:17

          Oh I see. I’ll try that out. But if you know those chefs who offer online courses please share as I know many of them do offer onsite classes in Italy, France, Malaysia, China for example. But I can’t go that far:)

          anyways thank you so much.

    • Salma Sali

      Member
      November 19, 2024 at 20:04

      Also do you think I can achieve the same results with the Bachour’s recipe? Or there should be slight editing to it?

      • This reply was modified 1 day, 20 hours ago by  Salma Sali.
      • Quinny Chiang

        Member
        November 19, 2024 at 20:15

        I’m sorry I don’t know. I haven’t tried that recipe yet.

  • Sussan ScoolinaryTeam

    Administrator
    November 19, 2024 at 20:49

    Hi Salma.

    In Antonio Bachour’s course, you can find the recipe for the egg wash that gives this beautiful golden color, and then they are glazed with a neutral syrup to achieve that shine.

    I should also mention that the photos you’ve shared have been edited in terms of color, lighting, etc. That’s why they look so perfect with that orange or golden hue. This is very common in food photography, where products are “enhanced” to make them look more appealing.

    I believe that by following a good technique and respecting the baking times and temperatures, you should achieve great results.

    Best regards.

    • Salma Sali

      Member
      November 19, 2024 at 21:09

      Hi Sussan,

      I was referring to this chef. Not sure but I think he is French chef.

      He is making these croissants and I’m trying to achieve the same results that’s why I thought maybe in this community anybody could share some “touch” or relevant “exposure” to these brilliant croissants 😞

      • Sussan ScoolinaryTeam

        Administrator
        November 20, 2024 at 02:31

        Hi Salma

        He is Chef Cedric Grolet, and he creates incredible things.

        As a suggestion, you could post your query along with reference images in our Cooking Feed section:

        https://www.scoolinary.com/activity-feed/

        Many Scoolinary members have shared pictures of their croissants, and perhaps one of them can provide a tip or recommendation for your croissant query.

        Best regards.

        • Salma Sali

          Member
          November 20, 2024 at 02:42

          Yep. I’ll do so. Thank you so much for your support 🙏

          • Quinny Chiang

            Member
            November 20, 2024 at 02:46

            Chef Cedric Grolet has a couple of cookbooks. I believe one of them included croissants in it. That might give you some insight. Just search his name on Amazon.

            • Salma Sali

              Member
              November 21, 2024 at 00:00

              Yes I did search but found many negative reviews due to lacking recipe details on croissants which is super important to know as we all know that any missing detail may lead to “unexpected results”. So would be nice if Scoolinary bring this guy over to teach us his technique as well🙏

            • Quinny Chiang

              Member
              November 21, 2024 at 00:25

              That would be awesome indeed!

            • Sol Damiani

              Administrator
              November 21, 2024 at 14:10

              Hi Salma

              Thanks for your suggestion. I’ve already shared it with my team.

              As Sussan did, I recommend you share this question in our Cooking Feed, too. Maybe there, you can accomplish more visibility.
              Thank you so much, Chef Quinny @quinnyc68gmail-com , for helping our friend Salma

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