Danish pastries

Name: Danish pastries
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 3 h 30 min
Yield: Makes 28
Cuisine: Danish
Ingredients: 2 large egg yolks; 450 g (14¼ oz) unsalted butter, chilled; 700 ml (23¼ fl oz) warm milk; 2 teaspoons cornflour; icing sugar, to dust; 125 ml (4 fl oz) passion fruit juice or pulp; 125 ml (4 fl oz) orange juice; 30 g (1 oz) fresh yeast or 15 g (½ oz) dried yeast; 20 g (¾ oz) salt; 1 kg (2 lb) strong or plain flour; 90 g (3 oz) caster sugar; 2 teaspoons plain flour; 50 g (1¾ oz) flaked almonds; 1 egg, beaten; 30 g (1 oz) caster sugar

Preparation info

Makes
28

Difficulty
Complex
Ready in
3 hr 30

Appears in

Breakfasts

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

Although this recipe may be time-consuming, nothing quite matches the taste of this freshly made, rich and flaky yeast dough.

Ingredients

1 kg (2 lb) strong or plain flour
90 g (

Method

Butter and flour a baking tray. Sift the flour, sugar and salt into a large bowl and make a well in the centre. Cream the yeast with 50 ml (1¾ fl oz) of the milk. Stir in the remaining