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Pistachio croissants

Bring your leftover croissants to the next level by stuffing them with pistachio!

This recipe is perfect if you have leftover stale croissants you don´t want to go to waste. Although it is so good sometimes i let the croissants go stale on purpose so I can make it!

šŸ„Ingredients

- 85g water

- 85g honey

- 2 large day old croissants

- 50g butter

- 100g caster sugar

- 1 egg

- 100g ground pistachio

- 1 tsp salt

- Orange zest

- 20g cornflour

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šŸ„Method

- Make the syrup by adding the honey and water to a sauce pan an cooking at medium heat for about 5 min while mixing until getting a syrup consistency. Remove from heat

- In a bowl add the butter, sugar and mix until light and fluffy

- Mix in the egg slowly in batches and then the salt, orange zest, pistachio, and finally cornflour. Mix throughly

- Cut the croissant in half, brush lightly with the syrup inside and outside and then spread the filling in the middle and a bit on top

- Decorate with some crushed pistachio and bake at 190C for 10-15min until they are golden brown

- Finally dust with icing sugar and enjoy !

FAQS and TIPS

  • Do I use store bought croissants or bake them from scratch? I used store bough croissants for this recipe and they come out delicious as the frangipane really enhances the flavour and texture

  • I have leftover filling what do I do? You can freeze it or even use it for making frangipane stuffed frech toast or cookies by baking it!