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Pain au Chocolat Recipe

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French Pain au Chocolat Recipe
Photo: Sara Harris

 

 

TRADITIONAL FRENCH RECIPE: Pain au chocolat, chocolate bread, also known as chocolatine in the south-west part of France and Canada, is a viennoiserie sweet roll consisting of a cuboid-shaped piece of yeast-leavened laminated dough, similar in texture to a puff pastry, with one or two pieces of dark chocolate in the centre.

 

Pain au chocolat is made of the same layered dough as a croissant. Often sold still hot or at least warm from the oven, they are commonly sold alongside croissants in French bakeries and supermarkets.

 

 

 

Origins

 

Legend has it that Marie-Antoinnette introduced the croissant to France, but croissants and pains au chocolat are a relatively modern invention. The word croissant, which refers to a plain form of pain au chocolat shaped like a half-moon or "crescent", made its entry in the French dictionary in 1863.

 

The type of pastry, called "viennoiserie" in French, was introduced in the early 19th C. when August Zang, an Austrian officer, and Ernest Schwarzer, an Austrian aristocrat, founded a Viennese bakery in Paris located at 92 rue Richelieu. It is a dish often made at brunches. It is known as the food of romance and of course Paris is the city of love.

 

Originally, croissants and pains aux chocolat were made from a brioche base but later evolved to incorporate a buttery flaky dough ('pâte feuilletée).

 

 

 



Skill Level: Skill Level Time: 4 Hours
Price: Price Makes: 10 Croissants


 

 

 

Ingredients:





  Conversions


  • Metric:

     

     

     

    350gr Bread Flour

     

    230ml Water

     

    150gr Cake Flour

     

    100gr Softened Butter

     

    60gr Sugar

     

    12gr Salt

     

    10gr Powdered Milk

     

    7gr Active Dry Yeast

     

     

     

    For laminating:

     

    250gr Butter

    ( cold )

     

     

     

    For filling:

     

    160gr Dark Chocolate Bar

     

     

     

    For brushing:

     

    1 medium Egg

     

     

     

    For sprinkling:

     

    Powdered Sugar

    ( Optional )




  • Imperial:

     

     

     

    12.3oz Bread Flour

     

    8.1oz Water

     

    5.2oz Cake Flour

     

    3.5oz Softened Butter

     

    2.1oz Sugar

     

    0.4pz Salt

     

    0.35oz Powdered Milk

     

    0.2oz Active Dry Yeast

     

     

     

    For laminating:

     

    8.8oz Butter

    ( cold )

     

     

     

    For filling:

     

    5.6oz Dark Chocolate Bar

     

     

     

    For brushing:

     

    1 medium Egg

     

     

     

    For sprinkling:

     

    Powdered Sugar

    ( Optional )




  • Cups:

     

     

     

    2.5 cups Bread Flour

     

    1 cup Water

     

    1.3 cups Cake Flour

     

    about 1 stick Softened Butter

     

    0.3 cup Sugar

     

    2.33 teaspoons Salt

     

    1.25 tablespoons Powdered Milk

     

    0.5 tablespoon Active Dry Yeast

     

     

     

    For laminating:

     

    2.2 sticks Butter

    ( cold )

     

     

     

    For filling:

     

    1 cup Dark Chocolate Bar

     

     

     

    For brushing:

     

    1 medium Egg

     

     

     

    For sprinkling:

     

    Powdered Sugar

    ( Optional )




 

 

 

Directions:


 

01 - Divde the Water into 2 cups. Now, dissolve the Active Dry Yeast in one cup.

 

02 - Dissolve the Salt in the other cup.

 

03 - In a bowl combine the two Flours, add the Sugar, the Powdered Milk and the Softened Butter.

 

04 - Move the Flour mixture into a mixer and beat in the Yeast and Water mixture for about 1 minute.

 

05 - Now, add the Salt and Water mixture.

 

06 - Once the Dough comes together, remove the paddles and insert the dough hooks, and beat at medium speed for at least 10 minutes or until the Dough is cleaar and gathers around the hooks.

 

07 - Wrap the bowl with cling film and place in the fridge to rest for 2 hours:

 

08 - Dust a work surface with flour. Using a rolling pin flat the dough out into a 45x25cm / 17x10in rectangle 8mm / 0.3in thick. Set aside.

 

09 - Place the Butter in between a long piece of cooking paper and flat it using the rolling pin into a rectangle half the size of the Dough. Make sure the room is not too hot and the Butter was kept inside the fridge, because you'll need the Butter to be firm, not soft. Leave a 1cm / 0.5in border uncovered.

 

 

French Pain au Chocolat Recipe - 02
Photo: Sara Harris

 

 

10 - Fold the Dough, covering the Butter, lightly press the sides and dougle the lenth of the rectangle by rolling the rolling pin up and down until the Dough is about 5 to 7mm / 0.25in thick.

 

11 - Fold the Dough 4 times. First fold the bottom quarters up to the middle then again in half.

 

 

French Pain au Chocolat Recipe - 03
Photo: Sara Harris

 

 

12 - Wrap the folded dough with cling film and place in the fridge for 1 hour.

 

13 - Lightly dust the work surface with Flour and using the rolling pin flat the Dough out into a rectangle, the same size as before ( 45x25cm / 17x10in ) 5 to 7mm / 0.25in thick.

 

14 - Fold the dough 3 times, wrap it with cling film and place it in the fridge to rest for an extra hour.

 

 

French Pain au Chocolat Recipe - 04
Photo: Sara Harris

 

 

15 - The easiest thing to do at this point is to cut the Chocolate Bar into Sticks 8cm / 3in long.

 

16 - Once again, lightly dust the work surface with Flour and using the rolling pin flat the Dough out into a rectangle, the same size as before ( 45x25cm / 17x10in ) 5 to 7mm / 0.25in thick.

 

17 - Cut the Dough into 10 pieces. Cut it furst in half ( lengthwise ) and then in 5 smaller rectangles.

 

 

French Pain au Chocolat Recipe - 05
Photo: Sara Harris

 

 

18 - Cover a baking tray with parchment paper.

 

19 - Fold the Dough over 1 Chocolate Stick, place another Chocolate Stick close to the folded Dough, and roll it again, placing the end of the Dough on the bottom.

 

 

French Pain au Chocolat Recipe - 06
Photo: Sara Harris

 

 

20 - Place the tray inside the oven for 2.5 hours allowing the Dough to rise.

 

21 - Once the Dough has doubled in size brush each one of them with 1 beaten Egg and bake at 190C / 375F for 15-20 minutes.

 

22 - Remove and place on a oven rack to cool outside the oven. Serve.

 

 

 

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