Name: Croissants and pains au chocolat aux amandes
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 50 gram butter; 1/4 cup (55g) caster sugar; 1 egg; 1/2 cup (60g) ground almonds; 1 tablespoon rum; 3 croissants (240g); 3 pains au chocolat (330g); 1/4 cup (20g) flaked almonds

Croissants and pains au chocolat aux amandes

This is a great way to jazz up average pastries or to use 1-2 day-old croissants and pains au chocolat.

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Makes 6 Item

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30M

Ingredients

50 gram butter

1/4 cup (55g) caster sugar

1 egg

1/2 cup (60g) ground almonds

1 tablespoon rum

3 croissants (240g)

3 pains au chocolat (330g)

1/4 cup (20g) flaked almonds

Method

1.Have butter at room temperature.

2.Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F. Line two oven trays with baking paper.

3.To make almond mixture: Beat butter and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy; beat in egg. Stir in ground almonds and rum.

4.Using a serrated knife, split pastries horizontally without cutting all the way through.

5.Reserve 1½ tablespoons of the almond mixture; spread remaining mixture inside pastries. Place pastries on tray. Spread reserved mixture on top of pastries; sprinkle with flaked almonds.

6.Bake about 20 minutes. Transfer to wire rack to cool.

Pains au chocolat are small chocolate croissants in a roll or rectangular shape. Amandes translates as ‘almonds’ in English.
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