Italian Style Croissant
the recipe
Ingredients
- 750 g Sourdough starter
- 3000 g Croissant Flour
- 150 g Brewer’s yeast
- 60 g Salt
- 600 g Sugar
- 600 g Butter
- 1800 g Eggs
- 1 grated orange
- 1 grated lemon
- 1 vanilla bean
Directions
- Knead all the ingredients, except for the butter and sugar, until the dough is smooth and homogeneous.
- Add the butter and sugar, and finish kneading the dough. Let it rest in the refrigerator at 4°C for 12 hours.
- For lamination, add 500 g of butter per 1 kg of flour, and perform two single (letter) folds.
- Refrigerate for about 20 minutes, then perform one more single fold.
- Rest again for 50 minutes (still at 4°C), then roll the dough out thin, cut, and shape into rolls.
- Let proof for 6–7 hours at 26–27°C, then bake in a static oven at 180–200°C for about 16–18 minutes.