Chocolate Wassants - Fresh out of the oven |
INGREDIENTS:
Starter Dough:
225g flour
1 tsp dried yeast
100ml luke-warm water
Main Dough:
225g flour
100g sugar
1 egg
60ml water
70g butter, melted
1 tsp salt
1 batch of Chocolate Paste
METHOD:
For starter dough, sift flour into a bowl. Dissolve yeast in water and add to flour, mix/knead until just combined. Cover and leave in a warm place for about an hour or until doubled in size.
For main dough, sift flour into a bowl. Add sugar, egg, water, butter and salt.
Break risen starter dough into pieces and add to main dough.
Mix to form a soft dough, cover and leave in warm place for about an hour or until doubled in size.
On a floured surface, knead dough until smooth then roll out dough to a size that is larger than your chocolate paste.
Chocolate Paste in the middle of Wassant dough |
Place chocolate paste in middle, then one third either side into the middle, then in half.
Folding one third into the middle form either side |
Folding in half |
Rolling out the dough after folding |
Folding one third into the middle |
Folding the one third from the other side into the middle |
Folding in half |
Do this folding and rolling at least one more time.
Then roll out to 30 x 40 cm rectangle and cut into triangles.
Roll up dough like swiss rolls and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper
Rest for 30-40 minutes
Chocolates wassants ready to go in the oven |
Chocolate Wassants |
Enjoy!
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Oh my, thanks so much for the shout out. Gosh, your wassant turns out beautifully. And kudos to the paste as well. Hard work does pay off, right! You just tempted me to make them again.
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Kristy