Chocolate flan

Croissant rings with chocolate flan cream and cocoa crumble.

Chocolate Dairy Dough
Chocolate flan
Rolling pin and whisk

Debic's Culinary Team

Debic

Ingredients

For 50 servings

Croissant dough

1785 g flour

35 g salt

230 g sugar

685 g water

180 g Debic Cake Butter

85 g fresh yeast

1000 g Debic Croissant Butter

Chocolate flan cream

2000 g milk

2000 g Debic Stand & Overrun 

760 g sugar

180 g egg yolks

220 g modified starch

1200 g milk chocolate, 41%

Cocoa crumble

200 g Debic Cake Butter

200 g almond flour

200 g sugar

180 g flour

20 g cocoa powder

4 g salt

Preparation

Croissant dough

Mix the flour, salt, and sugar. Gradually add the water, reserving some to adjust texture, and the Cake Butter. 

Once the dough gains consistency, add the dissolved yeast and develop the gluten. 

Divide the dough into 3 kg portions. Let rest at room temperature for 20-30 minutes. 

Then chill at -7°C for 1 hour and finally store at 2°C overnight. 

Roll the dough to 60x40 cm and the butter to 30x40 cm. 

Chill both for 20 minutes at -3°C. Then laminate the dough with the Croissant Butter, making a double fold followed by a single fold. 

Chill at -7°C for at least 1 hour or until the next day. 

Roll out the dough and cut according to the ring size you want to use. 

Shape into rings, fill with flan cream and freeze. 

Finally bake for 20 minutes at 180°C.

Chocolate flan cream

Heat the milk and Stand & Overrun with the sugar. 

Add yolks and starch, cook until boiling. 

Finally, add the chocolate and blend until smooth. Cool and portion into moulds.

Cocoa crumble

Mix all ingredients until crumbly. Spread on a tray and bake at 160°C for 30 minutes.

Assembly

Once the flan is cold, break the crumble into assorted pieces and place on top.

Finishing touch

Finish with a dusting of icing sugar.

Recipe tags Chocolate Dairy Dough
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