I made sally my sourdough starter a few months ago, (yes I have named her) I made her with some organic apples, some strong flour and water and she has grown it to a beautiful sweet smelling starter. I thought it would be interesting to make croissant dough with my sourdough starter rather than yeast so I gave it a go and I’m glad I did, it was a lengthily process which involved a lot of waiting around , which I’m not very good at but the final results where so yummy. my partner had stuffed three croissants and a slice of the loaf, for comparison purposes so he claims in the first 5 minutes of being shown them. to get the pretzel part I dipped the croissants in a water bath with bicarbonate of soda like you would if you where making soft pretzels.
the filling of choice was Nutella, I toyed with the idea of making an almond praline spread but then I thought why bother, I mean lets face it the recipe was hard enough with out making more work for my self, so Nutella was the easy option (a very tasty one). I don’t really use enough of Nutella in my recipes that’s going to have to change in 2016 as its amazing.
recipe for dough
- 250g sourdough starter
- 380g strong white flour
- 200ml water
- 3 tbsp. brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
Rakhee@boxofspice says
This looks so good aimee. I have never used nutella before in my baking and maybe 2016 will be a good time for me to start too! 🙂
twiggstiudios says
It’s so good isn’t it xxx
rebecca@figsandpigs says
This just looks so comforting I love nutella and now Im craving nutella croissants.
twiggstiudios says
Thankyou Rebecca I’m glad you like it xxx
June @ How to Philosophize with Cake says
Mmm those croissants look amazing! The loaf, too. Any bread-type substance filled with nutella has to be good 🙂
twiggstiudios says
Thankyou they were really yummy x
Jeff says
Oh my goodness, thank you Aimee. One day I will try to make these and let you know how they turn out. They look amazing 🙂
twiggstiudios says
Thankyou Jeff xxx