Choc-o-lat

Surprise your customers with a luxury chocolate roll made using Van der Pol's croissant / Danish dough.

Ingredients

  • VDP croissant / Danish dough
  • baking proof chocolate sticks
  • melted chocolate
  • decoration as desired (for example hazelnut and golden powder)

Croissant dough

Baking Advice

17 minutes 195 °C

Preparation

  1. Roll out the croissant dough to 3 mm thickness. 

2. Cut the dough 8 by 19 cm. 

3. Cool down to freezing point.

4. Place the first baking-proof chocolate stick at the first weft and the second stick at the second weft.

5. Roll up the rest of the dough nicely into a round. Keep the seam at the bottom in the middle and press gently.

6. Leave the chocolate rolls to rise in the proving cabinet at 28°C, humidity max 70%. 

7. Let the croissants rise in a proofing cabinet at 28°C with a maximum humidity of 70% until the dough has risen well.

8. For extra shine, spray the roll with egg yolk and 10% whole milk.

Tip!

After baking and cooling, dip the top in the chocolate and decorate as desired.