Chocolate Croissants

Okay, I cheated ... They're "cheat chocolate croissants". The pastry is already made, so it's more of an assembling task than actually cooking. But these are for mornings, and no one will get up at 3 am just to make some croissant dough. Most people will, however, buy a packet of puff pastry at the grocery store and make something quick and delicious with it on a special morning. So that's what I did today. I was feeling home-sick, being away from Paris so long, so I made a typical Parisian breakfast; a petit déjeuner. A croissant or two, a café au lait, and some fresh Summer berries made my day morning! Rating: 5 out of 5.

Chocolate Croissants recipe: Nigella Lawson - Express

Ingredients:
- 1 (13-ounce) packet ready rolled butter puff pastry (I actually used croissant dough)
- 1 (100-gram) chocolate bar (milk or dark depending on taste)
- 1 egg beaten (I always add a teaspoon of sugar; a tip from Pierre Hermé)

Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. (I heated mine at 375 because that's what the directions of the dough recommended)
- Unfurl the sheet of pastry and then cut it into 6 squares. Cut each square diagonally to give 2 triangles (they will appear quite small). Put the triangle with the wider part facing you and the point away from you.
- Break off small pieces of chocolate (approx. 1cm/half inch) to place about 2cm/¾-inch up from the wide end nearest you. Then carefully roll from that chocolate loaded end towards the point of the triangle. You should now have something resembling a straight croissant, seal it slightly with your fingertips and curl it around into a crescent.
- Place the chocolate croissants on a lined baking tray and paint with the beaten egg. Bake for 15 minutes until golden and puffy and exuberantly, if miniaturely, croissant-like.


All-in-all these took about 30 minutes to make.
Can't beat that!


I used my very new, very expensive bar of Valrhona chocolate for these croissants. I paid 4,95 euros ($6.05) for 250 grams!

Most pastry chefs recommend Valrhona chocolate.
Was it worth it? Absolutely.

I live for breakfasts like these.

I never get tired of oozing, melted chocolate!

My inspiration:

Oh, and to see Nigella Lawson make these click here!