Chocassis finger

Danish pastry fingers with violet stripes and chocolate filling.

Berry Chocolate Dough
Chococassis finger
Quentin Billeau

Quentin Billeau

Patissier, France

Ingredients

For 50 servings

Danish pastry dough

1000 g flour (T45) 15%

1000 g traditional flour (T65) 11%

940 g water

40 g salt

240 g sugar

60 g fresh yeast

200 g Debic Brioche Butter

40 g honey

1000 g Debic Croissant Butter

Violet dough

250 g flour tradition

250 g flour T45

250 g water

15 g milk powder

12 g salt

20 g fresh yeast

50 g Debic Brioche Butter

60 g sugar

6 g colouring agent, violet

Chocolate bar

300 g chocolate chips

300 g dark chocolate 60%

40 g freeze-dried blackcurrant powder

Preparation

Danish pastry dough

Knead all ingredients, except the Croissant Butter, for 5 minutes at first speed.

Continue at second speed for 15 minutes, just until a well-formed silk dough. 

Dough temperature 21°C-23°C.

Leave the dough at ambient temperature, for 30 minutes, well covered with a plastic sheet.

Degas the dough, plie into an oval form, place in the freezer for 30 minutes and give it a rest in the refrigerator at 1° à 4°C for 12 hours.

Flatten the dough and shape it into a rectangle.

Incorporate the laminating butter sheet into the dough, cover the butter completely, cut off each end, then make a single turn.

For the second turn, make a single turn for the plain dough and a double turn for the violet dough.

Leave to rest for about 1 hour in a cool place.

To create the stripes, cut 1 cm-thick strips from the purple dough and stick them onto the plain dough.

Chocolate bar

Melt the chocolate chips and single-origin chocolate in the microwave, stirring every 30 seconds. 

Once the mixture is smooth, add the blackcurrant powder and pour the chocolate into 9 cm long, 0.5 cm diameter moulds.

Refrigerate to set the bars.

Note that adding chocolate chips helps maintain the ideal consistency during baking. Single-origin chocolate dominates in terms of taste, while maintaining an attractive cost.

Assembly

Cut the dough sheet into pieces of 22 cm by 5.5 cm.

Place 2 chocolate strips on each piece and roll the dough into a cigar. 

Place the fingers (cigars) in moulds (4.5 x 4 x 25 cm) with the seam side down. Tip: work in a cold atelier to avoid melting the dough. 

Ferment at 28°C and 70% humidity for 2 hours. 

Bake at 170°C for around 15 minutes.

Finishing touch

Glaze with syrup immediately after baking.

Decorate with fresh violets and a blueberry.

Recipe tags Berry Chocolate Dough
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