Fragrant and crispy croissant is a real gift of cooking, dessert is perfect for daily breakfast, and can also successfully complement any festive feast. Today, a huge number of options for this dish are known, but not every recipe can surprise with its originality, as well as the ease of preparation. The article describes in detail how to cook real air croissants with incredibly tender almond filling and how long it will take.

Selection and preparation of ingredients

Almond croissants are prepared from a fairly simple set of products that can be purchased at any modern supermarket. Their basis is sheets of ready-made yeast puff pastry. You can cook it yourself, but this will require an additional waste of time.

To choose the right dough, you need to pay attention to:

• tightness of the package;
• storage temperature and shelf life (at -15 ...- 20 ° С the product is stored for up to 12 months, in case of higher temperature the dough spoils in just 1-2 days);
• consistency - it must be dense and persist even after defrosting.

Preparation of all ingredients is quite simple. Dough, milk, cream and vanilla must be warmed to room temperature. Also, the yolk should be separated from 4 medium eggs. At the same time, protein can be used for other dishes, since it will not be needed for croissants. After that, you can proceed to the active phase of baking.

Did you know? Despite the fact that most people consider croissants to be a traditional French confectionery, in fact, Austria is their homeland. In France, the product appeared only in 1770 thanks to Marie Antoinette.

Almond croissants are one of the few dishes that can become a real highlight of the hostess. The unique aroma of baking and the delicate taste of almond cream make it possible even in ordinary kitchens to create a pastry masterpiece. This will require no more than an hour of free time and just a few standard culinary procedures.