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danish pastries recipe

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recipe
450g strong plain flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
350g butter
1 sachet dried active yeast
50 caster sugar
10 table spoons warm milk
2 eggs beaten
 
lightly grease 3 baking trays, measure the flour and salt into a bowl and add 50g of the butter and rub in to form a breadcrumb like consistency. then add the sugar and yeast and mix in, form a well in the centre and add the warm milk and beaten eggs and stir in for form a dough, then turn on to the work surface and knead until smooth.
place in a greased bowl covered with cling film and leave to rise in a warm place for about an hour until it has doubled in size.
once if has doubled size, punch it down and knead again, then roll in to a long rectangle shape, take half the butter and add it in blobs 3/4 of the way down, then fold the bottom half up to the middle and the the top half over it and seal the edges, then turn it to the left so that the folded edge is on the left hand side, and roll it out and do the same again with the other half of the butter, cover in cling film and put in the fridge for 15 minutes.


now roll it out and do the same but with out butter, folding it and the rolling it twice.
cover it again and put it back it the fridge for another 15 minutes.
now cut it in to four pieces and the pastry is ready to use,
roll each bit out about half and inch thin,
for the filling i used different flavors,
i made an almond filling
using
100g ground almonds
100g caster sugar
50g powered sugar
a little beaten egg
 
i also used some jam and lemon curd.
here is how to fold it, (Mary berry cook book)
place the filling in the centre then fold the pastry accordingly
 
preheat the oven at 220c or 425f, then grease some cling film and cover them for 20 minutes while they prove and then once the oven is ready gently remove the film and brush with a little beaten egg and bake for 15 minutes.
once baked place on wire rack, while still warm drizzle over some icing and then add some almonds.

 
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4 Comments

  2. Yay Danish pastries! They looks so creative and devine, great recipe. Almond filling is always a winner. Thanks for sharing and enjoy the week 🙂

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