- Peanut free
- Shellfish free
- Seafood free
- Vegetarian
Can’t go past a chocolatey pastry? Roll up your sleeves and give these dark chocolate croissants a go. They’re perfectly buttery, fluffy and flaky.
- Makes16, You’ll need to start this recipe 2 days ahead.
- Cook time35 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 cups (600g) plain flour
- 1/4 cup (55g) caster sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp (1 sachet/7g) dried yeast
- 3/4 cup (185ml) lukewarm water
- 1/2 cup (125ml) full-cream milk
- 60g chilled unsalted butter, chopped
- 375g chilled salted butter
- 200g dark chocolate
- 100g marzipan
- 1 Coles Australian Free Range Egg yolk
- 1 tbs milk
Nutritional information
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Method
Step 1
Combine the flour, sugar, salt and yeast in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook. Add the water and milk and knead for 5 mins or until well combined and smooth. Add unsalted butter, 1 piece at a time, kneading until butter is incorporated in the dough. Continue kneading for 5 mins or until the dough is smooth. (Alternatively, place the flour, sugar, salt, yeast, water and milk in a bowl and stir until combined. Use your hands to knead the butter, 1 piece at a time, into the flour mixture until well combined.) Turn onto a lightly floured surface and shape into a ball. Use a small sharp knife to cut a cross in the centre. Place the dough, cross-side up, in a greased bowl. Cover with plastic wrap. Place in fridge for 6 hours or overnight to rest.
Step 2
Meanwhile, use a small knife to cut the salted butter lengthways into batons. Place batons, side-by-side, on a sheet of baking paper. Cover with another sheet of paper. Use a rolling pin to tap out to a 1cm-thick, 20cm x 30cm rectangle. Place on a baking tray in the fridge to chill.
Step 3
Remove the butter and dough from the fridge and set aside for 10 mins. Use your fist to punch down the dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. Use a rolling pin to roll out to a 30cm x 50cm rectangle. Place the butter in the middle of the rectangle. Fold short sides of the dough over the butter to enclose completely.
Step 4
Turn the dough 90 degrees. Use a rolling pin to carefully roll out dough to a 20cm x 50cm rectangle. Starting from 1 short end, fold over one-third of the dough. Fold opposite third of the dough over to create a rectangle with 3 layers. Wrap in plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 1 hour to rest.
Step 5
Remove dough from the fridge and set aside for 10 mins. Roll out on a lightly floured surface to a 20cm x 50cm rectangle and repeat folding into thirds. Repeat rolling and folding 1 more time. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge overnight to rest.
Step 6
Line 2 large baking trays with baking paper. Coarsely chop half the chocolate. Cut the marzipan into 5mm x 5cm batons. Remove the dough from the fridge and set aside for 10 mins. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to a 20cm x 50cm rectangle. Use a sharp knife to cut the dough in half lengthways. Cut the dough crossways into 4 to make 8 squares. Cut each square in half.
Step 7
Place 1 dough rectangle on a clean work surface. Arrange 1 marzipan baton and a little of the chopped chocolate across 1 short end of the dough. Carefully roll up the dough to enclose the filling. Place on 1 of the lined trays, seam-side down. Repeat with the remaining dough rectangles, marzipan and chopped chocolate. Set aside at room temperature for 1 hour or until dough rises and is soft. Place in the fridge for 1 hour to chill.
Step 8
Preheat oven to 200°C. Fill a large baking dish with water and place in the bottom of the oven. Whisk egg yolk and milk in a small bowl. Carefully brush egg mixture over the top of each croissant. Bake, swapping trays halfway, for 25-30 mins or until the croissants are golden brown and puffed. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Step 9
Place the remaining chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water (don’t let bowl touch the water). Stir for 3 mins or until the chocolate melts. Place in a sealable plastic bag and cut off 1 corner. Pipe chocolate evenly over each croissant. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Recipe tip
COOK. STORE. SAVE.
Smart swap: Save at the checkout and use frozen puff pastry instead. The croissants will be less fluffy, but still tasty.
Clever storage: Store leftover yeast in an airtight container in the fridge. To test if the yeast is still active, add 1 tsp yeast to a bowl of lukewarm water. Check after 10 mins – if the yeast is foamy, you’re good to go.
Chocolate croissants
- Makes16, You’ll need to start this recipe 2 days ahead.
- Cook time35 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 cups (600g) plain flour
- 1/4 cup (55g) caster sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp (1 sachet/7g) dried yeast
- 3/4 cup (185ml) lukewarm water
- 1/2 cup (125ml) full-cream milk
- 60g chilled unsalted butter, chopped
- 375g chilled salted butter
- 200g dark chocolate
- 100g marzipan
- 1 Coles Australian Free Range Egg yolk
- 1 tbs milk
Description
Can’t go past a chocolatey pastry? Roll up your sleeves and give these dark chocolate croissants a go. They’re perfectly buttery, fluffy and flaky.
Method
Step 1
Combine the flour, sugar, salt and yeast in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook. Add the water and milk and knead for 5 mins or until well combined and smooth. Add unsalted butter, 1 piece at a time, kneading until butter is incorporated in the dough. Continue kneading for 5 mins or until the dough is smooth. (Alternatively, place the flour, sugar, salt, yeast, water and milk in a bowl and stir until combined. Use your hands to knead the butter, 1 piece at a time, into the flour mixture until well combined.) Turn onto a lightly floured surface and shape into a ball. Use a small sharp knife to cut a cross in the centre. Place the dough, cross-side up, in a greased bowl. Cover with plastic wrap. Place in fridge for 6 hours or overnight to rest.
Step 2
Meanwhile, use a small knife to cut the salted butter lengthways into batons. Place batons, side-by-side, on a sheet of baking paper. Cover with another sheet of paper. Use a rolling pin to tap out to a 1cm-thick, 20cm x 30cm rectangle. Place on a baking tray in the fridge to chill.
Step 3
Remove the butter and dough from the fridge and set aside for 10 mins. Use your fist to punch down the dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. Use a rolling pin to roll out to a 30cm x 50cm rectangle. Place the butter in the middle of the rectangle. Fold short sides of the dough over the butter to enclose completely.
Step 4
Turn the dough 90 degrees. Use a rolling pin to carefully roll out dough to a 20cm x 50cm rectangle. Starting from 1 short end, fold over one-third of the dough. Fold opposite third of the dough over to create a rectangle with 3 layers. Wrap in plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 1 hour to rest.
Step 5
Remove dough from the fridge and set aside for 10 mins. Roll out on a lightly floured surface to a 20cm x 50cm rectangle and repeat folding into thirds. Repeat rolling and folding 1 more time. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge overnight to rest.
Step 6
Line 2 large baking trays with baking paper. Coarsely chop half the chocolate. Cut the marzipan into 5mm x 5cm batons. Remove the dough from the fridge and set aside for 10 mins. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to a 20cm x 50cm rectangle. Use a sharp knife to cut the dough in half lengthways. Cut the dough crossways into 4 to make 8 squares. Cut each square in half.
Step 7
Place 1 dough rectangle on a clean work surface. Arrange 1 marzipan baton and a little of the chopped chocolate across 1 short end of the dough. Carefully roll up the dough to enclose the filling. Place on 1 of the lined trays, seam-side down. Repeat with the remaining dough rectangles, marzipan and chopped chocolate. Set aside at room temperature for 1 hour or until dough rises and is soft. Place in the fridge for 1 hour to chill.
Step 8
Preheat oven to 200°C. Fill a large baking dish with water and place in the bottom of the oven. Whisk egg yolk and milk in a small bowl. Carefully brush egg mixture over the top of each croissant. Bake, swapping trays halfway, for 25-30 mins or until the croissants are golden brown and puffed. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Step 9
Place the remaining chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water (don’t let bowl touch the water). Stir for 3 mins or until the chocolate melts. Place in a sealable plastic bag and cut off 1 corner. Pipe chocolate evenly over each croissant. Serve warm or at room temperature.