Vanilla Flan in Croissant Pastry Crust

Vanilla Flan in Croissant Pastry Crust

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Vanilla flan baked in a croissant pastry crust with laminated layers and a firm custard center.

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Ingredients

  • 200 g High-gluten flour (bread flour, for strength)
  • 200 g Pastry flour (or plain/all-purpose flour)
  • 8 g Fine salt
  • 32 g Superfine sugar
  • 20 g Cake yeast or active dry yeast (20 g fresh cake yeast or 3½ tsp active dry yeast dissolved in the liquid)
  • 16 g Honey
  • 28 g Unsalted butter, softened (for the dough)
  • 20 g Egg (about half a medium egg, lightly beaten)
  • 81 g Whole milk (for the dough)
  • 81 g Water
  • 250 g Unsalted dry butter (84% fat) (for laminating the dough)
  • 450 g Whole milk (for the custard)
  • 5 g Vanilla bean (split and scraped)
  • 200 g Eggs (about 4 large)
  • 90 g Superfine sugar
  • 42 g Custard powder (or cornflour-based custard powder)
  • 50 g Unsalted butter (added at the end for richness)
  • 1 g Fleur de sel (or fine sea salt)

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