Lil’ snack

Lil’ snack

Cyril Van Der Stuyft
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1h40
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The Lil' Snack : the traditional 'Petit Écolier' cookie with a very gourmand twist, the combination of a golden croissant dough, filled with salted butter caramel
Lil’ snack
Total completion time
Completion time
1h40
Cooking time
0h25
Rest period
3h30
Techniques taught
  • Preparing a shortcrust pastry with a mixer
  • Making croissant dough
  • Preparing a shiny egg wash
  • Making a chocolate molding
  • Make a chocolate decoration
  • Making a glaze
  • Making a butter caramel
  • Final proof & dough rising
  • Assembling a Viennese pastry
  • Piping without using a tip
  • Pre-baking a sweet pastry dough
  • Piping with a tip
  • Garnishing a viennoiserie
  • Using a cookie cutter
  • Egg washing a dough with a brush
  • Cutting out a layered yeast-leavened dough
  • Cutting shortcrust pastry dough
  • Diluting caramel
  • Baking a Viennese pastry
  • Rolling out shortcrust pastry
  • Rolling out a leavened puff pastry

Check out the first segment of this course for free

Étape 1 : croissant dough & abaisse

Cyril Van Der Stuyft
Cyril Van Der Stuyft
Best Craftsman of France (MOF), Bakery et world-class educator
Best Craftsman of France (MOF), Bakery et world-class educator

Étape 2 : Cutting the croissant dough & proofing

Étape 3 : Plain shortcrust pastry

Étape 4 : Rolling out, cutting & pre-baking -the shortcrust pastry

Étape 5 : Molded chocolate decor

Étape 6 : Salted butter caramel to be piped

Étape 7 : Egg wash with cream

Étape 8 : Assembling & baking the lil’ snacks

Étape 9 : Assembling & filling the lil’ snacks

Cyril Van Der StuyftCyril Van Der Stuyft

Cyril Van Der Stuyft

Best Craftsman of France (MOF), Bakery et world-class educator
Cyrille Van Der Stuyft is a chef baker from Chartres. He was awarded the prestigious title of Best Craftsman of France (MOF) in 2015, at the age of 27.

Cyrille Van der Stuyft began his apprenticeship right in the family bakery.
He won his first competition at the age of 19 and was sacred one of the 'Best Young Bakers in France'.
Cyrille went on to earn his professional and advanced vocational degree at the Institut National de la Boulangerie Pâtisserie (INBP), a reference institution in Rouen.

After graduation, the Chef became an educator, as teaching was a field that had always motivated him. He became a bakery teacher at the CFA in Chartres, then a demonstrator at Minoteries Guiard.

In 2015, Cyrille Van Der Stuyft was awarded the title of Best Craftsman of France (MOF) and became one of the youngest MOF bakers.

Cyrille's career path is comprehensive: bakery worker, company manager, teacher, and mill demonstrator technician.
Today, Cyrille Van Der Stuyft is a consultant/educator in France and abroad.
The Chef is also involved in the development of bakeries located in London, New York and Shanghai.

He loves to work the dough by hand, he excels in the art of pastry, whether he is making brioches or puff pastries. His creations are remarkable for their precision and aestheticism.

In 2022, the Chef wrote his first book, 'Viennoiseries leçons en pas à pas', published by Editions du Chêne, a true reference book on the subject.

Back on VoilaChef, Cyrille Van Der Stuyft teaches you how to make 3 of his favorite pastries: Belgian waffles, his version of the 'Lil ‘snack', and a frangipane-flavored king cake.

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