Puff pastry knot

Puff pastry knot

Cyril Van Der Stuyft
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1h15
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The perfect croissant dough, ideal for making classic croissants or, as the Chef did, a dough that can be nicely shaped into a bow
Puff pastry knot
Total completion time
Completion time
1h15
Cooking time
0h12
Rest period
3h50
Techniques taught
  • Kneading a croissant dough with a mixer
  • Preparing a neutral syrup
  • Giving a double fold
  • Method for a single fold
  • Rolling out a leavened puff pastry
  • Cutting out a layered yeast-leavened dough
  • Shaping a dough piece before the tourage phase
  • Preparing the tourage butter
  • Encasing butter into the dough
  • Preparing a puff pastry
  • Making puff pastry
  • Putting a finishing touch on a viennoiserie
  • Coating with syrup
  • Baking a viennoiserie in a mold
  • Assembling a viennoiserie
  • Shaping a viennoiserie
  • Final Proof & Dough rising
  • Forming a glutinous network
  • Dough proofing
  • Decorating with confectioner's sugar
  • Dusting a work surface

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Step 1: Kneading and scoring

Cyril Van Der Stuyft
Cyril Van Der Stuyft
Best Craftsman of France (MOF) and Instructor / Consultant
Best Craftsman of France (MOF) and Instructor / Consultant

Step 2: Squaring the butter and dough

Step 3: Tourage

Step 4: Trimming, shaping and priming

Step 5: Finishing syrup

Step 6: Baking and finishing

Step 7: Final decoration

Cyril Van Der StuyftCyril Van Der Stuyft

Cyril Van Der Stuyft

Best Craftsman of France (MOF) and Instructor / Consultant
Cyrille Van Der Stuyft, head baker and winner of the Best Craftsman of France (Meilleur Ouvrier de France) competition in 2015, began his career in the family bakery in Chartres. After winning several prestigious competitions, he went on to earn his professional and master's degrees at the INBP in Rouen. He started off as an instrucor, teaching at the CFA in Chartres, then he became a demonstrator technician for Minoteries Guiard, before winning the M.O.F. title at just 27 years of age. His varied career path has led him to work as a training consultant, helping to develop bakeries around the world. Cyrille excels in the creation of viennoiseries, demonstrating exceptional precision and aesthetics. His book "Viennoiseries leçons en pas à pas" is a reference in the field. On VoilaChef, he shares his expertise by teaching how to make his favorite viennoiseries.

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