Featured Recipe

Spinach & Bechamel Danish

Dough

  • 50g Anchor Salted Butter
  • 2.65kg pastry flour
  • 30g salt
  • 50g dried yeast
  • 70g caster sugar
  • 1.4kg water
  • 250g egg
  • 1kg butter sheet

You will need:

1.

Place all the dry ingredients into the freezer overnight and all the wet ingredients into the chiller overnight.

2.

Prepare the dough with the flour, salt, yeast, sugar, butter, water & egg – mix until smooth and elastic and then roll into a ball and cover with cling film and place in the chiller for 1 hour.

3.

Add the butter sheet using the French method – incorporating 3 × half turns, rest the dough in the chiller for 30 minutes between each turn. After the 3rd turn return to the chiller for a further 30 minutes.

4.

Roll the dough into a desired thickness, shape, fill and then prove at room temperature lightly covered with plastic to prevent drying out.

5.

Egg wash before baking – bake at 200°C.

Bechamel

  • 50g Anchor Salted Butter
  • 350g Anchor Milk
  • 100g Anchor Pizza Blend Grated Cheese
  • 20g Mainland Grated Parmesan Cheese
  • 100g Anchor Cream Cheese
  • 50g flour
  • 15g toasted flaked almonds
  • 30g spinach
  • 35g spring onion
  • 4g salt
  • 2g pepper
  • 12g wholegrain mustard

You will need:

1.

Melt the butter and add the flour and mix over the heat for 1 minute. Add the warmed milk gradually to form a roux.

2.

Add the cheeses, spinach, spring onion, mustard, salt & pepper, almonds and blend together.

3.

Drop into croissant cases and add some cream cheese pieces on top. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Bake.