Pastry - Croissant Dough

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Croissant Dough
Scale (g)5100
Number relates to equivelant number of 5100g Books that need a 1500g butter block per book.101500g butter
Prefermented white flour (%)b
Safety margin factor1000
0Dough weightSafety marginFCF
Overall FormulaBaker's %Weight (g)510000.01292.6089673
T4510029261
Oat Milk257316
Water18.755487
Ice6.251829
Yeast2.5732
Demerara102927
Butter51464
Scraps51464
Salt1.8527
Units174.351007
Margin for error per loaf (g)1
Final doughWeight (g)Method:
White Flour (purple wild farmed)29261
Water5487Vertical MixerSpiral Mixer
Ice1829Add all ingredients in at once and mix for 5 mins speed 1 + 5 mins speed 2Add all ingredients in at once and mix for 8 mins Speed 1 + 6 Mins Speed 2
Oat Milk7316
Yeast732
Demerara2927Butter Blocks
Salt527Roll down to 10 and cut off 12cm
Butter (white pastry)14643 x 12cm strips make one butter block
Scraps1464
51007
Lamination
Weigh dough to 5100g and shape in to balls, roll dough down to 10 (30cm x 20cm), chill over night
1st fold (incorporate butter) and roll down to 10, trimm ends and single fold
Rotate a quarter turn
Roll down to 10, trimm and double fold
Chill for at least 1h
ShapeSizing
Croix:Roll down to 32cm wide, turn and roll down to 4.5Croissant32x10(same for red croix)
Move to table & trimm top and bottom (32cm)Pain Au7x18
10cm wide strips and cut triangleCruffins3 off 3x12
RollDan10x10
PAC:Roll down to 36cm wide, turn and roll down to 4.5Bear Claw9x12
Move to table & trimm top and bottom (36cm)Spinach45x3
Cut in half (18cm)Raisin45x3
7cm wide stripsNduja7x18
Place 2 chocolate sticks on it and roll
Dan:Roll down to 40cm wide, turn and roll to 6
Move to table & cut 10cm x 10cm
Cruffin:Roll down to 36cm wide, turn and roll down to 4.5
Move to table & trimm top and bottom (36cm)
Cut in thirds (12cm)
3cm wide strips (ruler), place overlapping eachother
Roll, tuck over and push in middle
Bear Claw:Same as cruffin, different width
Stretch and fill
Fold and cut 3 claws
PAR & Spinach:Roll down to width of laminator, turn and roll to 4
Move to table, spread filling and roll from top tp bottom
Cut 3cm circles
Stretch and bit and tuck under
Red Croix:Mix 750g of dough with red food colouring.
Rest overnight.
Roll down to 4mm and try to keep a square.
Roll book down to 32cm width and place red dough on top making sure it covers the whole top.
Finish the same as croix.
Ndujia:Roll to 36cm wide, turn and roll down to 10.
Slice thin layers of end and place length ways on top.
Repeat until fully covered.
Roll down to 4.5.
Move to table & trimm top and bottom (36cm)
Cut in half (18cm)
7cm wide strips
Fill with ricotta, fennel and nduja paste.
Fold ends over and place opening at bottom.
Bake
Spray with vegan glaze.
15 mins at 200C with dampner shut
5 mins at 200C with dampner open