Croissants with pastry cream
Description
The baking is simple and quick. Don't know how to delight your family for a Saturday or Sunday breakfast? Bake croissants, and to make them even tastier, prepare them with pastry cream. It's very easy to do, I'll tell you how; follow the step‑by‑step recipe and please your loved ones. Serve warm or chilled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
First of all, make the custard. For this, take a saucepan, add vanilla sugar to the milk, heat until it reaches a boil, but do not let it boil.
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Step 3
Mix the egg, starch, flour, and sugar.
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Step 4
Pour the warmed milk into the egg mixture and stir.
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Step 5
Pour the milk‑egg mixture back into the saucepan, heat until thickened.
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Step 6
Strain the cream through a sieve to remove any lumps, if there are any.
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Step 7
Cover the cream directly with plastic wrap and chill.
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Step 8
Now move on to baking the croissants. Roll out the dough into a rectangular sheet, cut it into triangles.
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Step 9
Make a small incision at the base of the triangle.
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Step 10
Fold the corners of the dough and start rolling from the base of the triangle toward its tip.
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Step 11
Gently bend the croissant into a crescent shape.
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Step 12
Place the croissants on a baking sheet, brush them with milk.
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Step 13
Bake the croissants for 15–20 minutes in an oven preheated to 200 °C.
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Step 14
Slightly cool the croissants and make a horizontal cut on the side with a sharp knife.
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Step 15
Transfer the pastry cream into a piping bag and fill the croissants with the cream.
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Step 16
If desired, you can add fresh berries to the cream. I added a bit of frozen currants, which really brightens the flavor. The croissants turned out simply wonderful, tender and tasty.