Asakiyume mita

osprey_archer has been visiting, and together we embarked on an epic task: baking croissants from scratch. This truly is an epic task as you need to roll out the dough multiple times, and in between, it should rest in the fridge for eight hours (you can shorten this, but the longer the better, say the experts. Or at least one expert. This is the video we used for instruction.)

We documented the last rolling out, cutting into triangles, forming into the proper croissant shape, final rising, and emergence from the oven. All but the last two photos are below the cut.

( Osprey Archer demonstrates the fine art of croissant making )

The first couple of batches that we baked, we forgot to brush with diluted egg, but we remembered for the last batch, and Oh My Goodness, how beautiful that last batch looked. If you decide to bake croissants, don't skip the egg wash!

Here they are, fresh from the oven:



And here's the inside of one. Déliceu!



Making croissants was one of two New Year's resolutions I had this year, so I'm very grateful that osprey_archer helped me fulfill it! I doubt I would have done it without her visit, and I certainly would have gone astray in following the directions correctly.