There's nothing quite like a well-baked croissant: the airy texture, the subtle flavors, the melt-in-your-mouth layers...delicious! However, as any pastry chef will tell you, croissant production must be done just right, especially when you're producing them on a high speed line. What’s the secret to a beautifully flaky croissant? Two things key things are happening: Lamination: a folding [...]
Pastry Shortening Also known as roll-in or fill-in fat for laminated products What is Pastry Shortening? A pastry shortening is a firm yet malleable specialty fat used in laminated bakery products. It is made of solid and liquid fat blends at a precise ratio or solid fat index (SFI). It can be [...]
Croissant What is a Croissant? A croissant is a laminated, yeast-leavened bakery product that contains dough/roll-in fat layers to create a flaky, crispy texture. Croissants belong to the Viennoiserie or pastry category of baked goods along with brioche, Danish and puff pastries. A croissant usually contains normal levels of salt, yeast and [...]
Puff Pastry What is a Puff Pastry? Puff pastry, also known as Pâte Feuilletée or feuilletage in French, is a very delicate and rich pastry that consists of many thin alternating layers of dough and fat. This lamination is what gives puff pastry its light, crispy and flaky texture upon baking. Puff [...]
Pastry What is a Pastry? Pastry is a type of dough made with flour, water and shortening. Baked pastry dough can be sweet or savory, and consumed alone or with fillings. Pastry is characterized by its flaky and crumbly texture, and rich buttery flavor.1 Shelf life of filled pastry is dependent on free [...]
Flaky Pastry What is Flaky Pastry? Flaky pastry is a layered pastry dough similar to puff pastry but it contains less fat and fewer layers. Typical flaky pastry has a fat-to-flour ratio of 3:4 and is rolled and folded only four times. Traditionally, lard and butter were used in flaky pastry preparation.1 [...]
