Détrempe:

• 600g all purpose flour (not bread flour!)
• 50g sugar (was 70g last time)
• 13g salt (was 10g last time)
• 400ml warm milk
• 7g dry active yeast

Beurrage:

• 250g butter (room temp to start – was 285g last time)

Make détrempe, only need about 5min in stand mixer to have it hold together. Less gluten to make it easier to roll later… Let dough rise about 2-3 hours (double in size), punch down, refrigerate for an hour.

Meanwhile, make butter into a square, 20cm x 20cm, refrigerate.

Take butter and dough out of the fridge at the same time, wait 30min, then roll dough out to a square 30cm x 30cm. Make sure butter and dough are the same consistency, then lay butter onto of dough, diamond style. Close the seams. Roll out to a rectangle, about 20cm x 40cm, then do a 3 way fold. Let rest 30min, then fridge. The longer in the fridge, the more flavour. You can do this over days…

Then take out of fridge, wait 30min, do another triple roll, wait 30min, then back in fridge.

Again, take out of fridge, wait 30min, do another triple roll, wait 30min, then back in fridge.

Take out of fridge, wait 30min, cut in two. Put one half in fridge while rolling out first set of croissants. Out of one half, roll to about 5mm, about 20cm by 40cm, about 12 croissants (so 24 total).

Egg-wash, then proof croissants in warm temperature for 2-3h. Egg-wash again. Heat oven to 200C. Bake 15min at 200C, lower to 180C, and 3min more. Cool on rack for 10-15min before eating.

This whole recipe can be done in one day, making the dough first thing in the morning and cooking the croissants at night to eat the next day. Alternatively, after making croissants (the same evening as dough was started) and egg-wash. put in fridge. Take out of fridge (e.g. at 5am), egg-wash, and proof for 3 hours, then, egg-wash, and bake as above. Let cool before eating.