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Croissants inratables

Original in French

lightofhope · ptitchef.com · 2011 · 5

Against 114 croissant recipes

Less butter than 94% of recipes and less yeast than 90%.

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How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 114 croissant recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • Less butter than 94% of recipes: 30% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 60%, about half as much.
  • Less yeast than 90% of recipes: 0.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about half as much.
  • Less sugar than 80% of recipes: 7.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 10%.
Butter: 30%, 4th percentileMilk or water: 50%, 29th percentileSugar: 7.5%, 18th percentileSalt: 1.8%, 36th percentileYeast: 0.6%, 9th percentileEgg in the dough: 0%, 25th percentileButterMilk orwaterSugarSaltYeastEgg inthe dough
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 500 g de farine500 g
  • 1,5 cuillère à café de sel≈ 9 g
  • 3 cuillères à soupe de sucre≈ 38 g
  • 250 ml d'eau≈ 250 g
  • 1 cuillère à soupe et 1/2 de levure fraîche≈ 9 g
  • 150 g de beurre150 g

flour 500 gbatter 956 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 114 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Butter30% · 4th percentile
  • Milk or water50% · 29th percentile
  • Sugar7.5% · 18th percentile
  • Salt1.8% · 36th percentile
  • Yeast0.6% · 9th percentile
  • Egg in the dough0% · 25th percentile

Oven

Temperature
not stated
median 375°F
Time
20 minutes
median 20 minutes

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