Argentina · Latin America

Medialunas

Medialunas (placeholder image)
Small, sweet-glazed crescent pastries eaten with café con leche.
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Medialunas

300 minTotal
16Servings
4/5Effort
4/5Wow factor

Ingredients

  • 500 g flour
  • 80 g sugar
  • 10 g instant yeast
  • 200 ml milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp salt
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • 250 g cold butter for laminating
  • syrup: 100 g sugar, 100 ml water

Instructions

  1. Make dough of flour, sugar, yeast, milk, egg, salt and zest
  2. chill 1 hr.
  3. Laminate with the butter: 3 single folds, chilling 20 min between.
  4. Roll 4 mm thick, cut long triangles and roll into crescents.
  5. Proof 1–2 hr until puffy.
  6. Brush with egg and bake 200°C 12–15 min.
  7. Brush hot with syrup.