Cheese Danish

Mar 17

RECIPE

DANISH DOUGH AND PROCESS

▪165g or 2/3c warm water (86F/30C)
▪165g or 2/3c whole milk (room temp)
▪50g or 4Tbsp sugar
▪8g or 3tsp instant yeast
▪10g or 1 3/4tsp salt
▪540g or 4 1/3c all purpose flour
▪40g or 3tbsp unsalted butter, softened and cut into pieces
▪225g or 1/2lb unsalted butter, softened
▪Egg wash (egg with splash of milk)

Add water, milk, sugar, yeast, salt and flour to stand mixer and mix on low speed using dough hook for 2-3min or until well combined.
Add 40g of softened butter, 1 piece at a time. Once added, increase mixer speed to medium and continue mixing for 3-4 min until butter is incorporated.
Move the dough to a bowl, round off dough ball as shown @1:00, cover, and set aside to ferment for 90 minutes.
Measure and fold 2 sheets of parchment into an 8”x12” (20cmx30cm) rectangle as shown @1:38.
Place 225g butter block between sheets of folded parchment and flatten and spread out butter so that you have a thin 8”x12” rectangle of butter. Place parchment/butter sheet onto a tray and refrigerate to firm up.
After the dough has fermented for 90 minutes at room temp, flour dough ball and work surface then transfer dough to work surface. Roll dough into about a 10” (25cm) x 18-20” (46-50cm) rectangle.
Place piece of parchment to cover bottom half of dough as shown @3:39 then fold top half of dough over bottom half with the parchment. Cover with a towel and chill for 15min.
Before using butter, allow to temper slightly so that it’s still firm but malleable. Place butter on bottom ⅔ of dough then fold/laminate butter into dough as shown @5:37.
Once laminated/folded roll out into a 12”x8” (30x20cm) rectangle, place on a tray, cover, and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
Remove dough from fridge and pound and roll out into about a 16” x 10” (40x25cm) rectangle. Place onto fridge one last time to chill and relax for 20 min.
To finish shaping, lightly flour dough then roll into a ½” (1-2cm) thick rectangle (you can cut and freeze half for later if you’d like).
Cut into either circles or triangles and shape as shown @8:52 and place on oiled parchment on a sheet tray.
Add filling to center of danishes. 2oz/50g or so if making the larger rounds or 1oz/25g or so if making the smaller triangles. Press the filling down slightly. Cover, and allow to rise at room temp for 90 minutes. If desired, add fruit jam to center of the cheese filling.
Brush egg wash on exposed dough. Bake at 425F/220C for 16-20mins until golden brown. Allow to cool for 15 min.
Glaze once cooled.