Almond Croissants

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Almond Croissants with Puff Pastry and homemade almond paste, a delicious recipe that is incredibly easy to make, perfect for tantalising your taste buds. This is no ordinary breakfast or brunch, but quite a fancy one, great for special occasions or perhaps a lazier start of a day at the weekend when you feel like spoiling yourself with something nice. Flakey and golden, with a nice crunch coming from the almonds, what a treat this is!

Prep Time20

Cook Time15

Total Time35

Course: Breakfast, Brunch

Cuisine: French

Servings: mini croissants

Calories: 228kcal

Author: Daniela Apostol

Ingredients

1 ready-rolled puff pastry
1 cup ground almonds (120 g)
½ cup icing sugar + 1 tablespoon for dusting (confectioners' sugar, 65 + 15 g)
1 egg white ( from a large egg)
1 teaspoon almond extract
¼ cup flaked almonds
1 egg ( for brushing the croissants)

Instructions

To make the almond paste, add the ground almonds and sieved icing sugar to a blender or stand mixer and blitz for a few seconds to combine.
Add the egg white and almond extract, and blitz again to form a paste.
Cut the puff pastry in half, then cut each half into 6 triangles.
Place a dollop of almond paste at the base of each triangle, then roll into a croissant.
Brush the croissants with beaten egg, then sprinkle flaked almonds on top.
Bake in the preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius (350 Fahrenheit) for 15 minutes or until golden.
Remove the croissants from the oven and dust generously with icing sugar.

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Notes

These croissants are on the smaller side, which makes them the perfect bites to enjoy with a hot drink. If you want bigger croissants, instead of cutting the puff pastry in half and getting 12 mini croissants in total, you cut the whole sheet into 6 big triangles.
The baking time will be slightly longer if you go for bigger croissants, I would still keep an eye on them after 15 minutes, just to make sure you get the perfect colour on them.

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