Vegan croissants.

[rice_dream_girl]

hustlee and I spent a long, looong time preparing these croissants (both plain and chocolate!) over the past couple of days. LOOK AT THOSE LAYERS!

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[rice_dream_girl]

We just veganised the croissant recipe from Martha Stweart's website, subbing vegan margarine for butter, and almond milk for cow's milk.

Monkey bread is awesome! Aaaand yeah you do, get on it ;)

[charlycrash]

Ooh, nice :)

Wouldn't those be pain au chocolat though? (French for "chocolate pain")

[rice_dream_girl]

Chocolate pain?! :P

And yup, kind of... pain au chocolate is traditionally a slightly different shape. Whereas you start with an isoceles triangle for the croissants, you start with an oblong for the pain au chocolat. So, ours is kind of a bastardised version! I used to absolutely LOVE the chocolate croissants from Tesco's, though... how authentic :P

[charlycrash]

Ah, true.

I seem to remember they do pretty good ones. I miss them :(

[rice_dream_girl]

I used to work at a mini Tesco (the shame...) when I was 17-ish, and at the end of the night we'd be told to throw out everything that hadn't been sold. They refused to let us take them home, because their logic was that if we wanted them, we should pay for them so we didn't just hold out until the end of the night, instead of paying for them. Also, they would chain up and lock the dumpster outside so that people wouldn't dumpster dive. The fuckers. Luckily, there was one manager who, come 9pm, would triumphantly announce "IT'S THAT TIME, GIRLS!" and allow us to fill bags and bags with pastries to take home to our families. IT WAS AWESOME!

[lorcas_novena]

WOW! Did they taste buttery?

[rice_dream_girl]

They end up tasting like whatever fat you put into them... so ours tasted like Earth Balance (an American margarine); quite salty, still tasty, but honestly not as good as non-vegan ones. Still, they were delicious considering we've been croissant-deprived for so many years ;)

[lorcas_novena]

I tried them with ready rolled puff pastry and dark chocolate ( a nigella recipe) and Ithink they'd be way better if I made the this puf pastry myself with the English version of Earth Balance Buttery. I guess Pure Sunflower spread will be my first experiment. I'll also add sugar to the chocolate next time I attempt them. Am I getting close to how you made them?

[rice_dream_girl]

Yeah, Pure Sunflower would probably be pretty similar if I remember rightly! I think it was the soya one that's more "margariney" tasting than "buttery", though I could be wrong. Vitalite is another possibility! You could also try using chocolate with a lower cocoa : sugar ratio; I find that Sainsbury's accidentlly vegan Belgian baking chocolate is the sweetest (or at least it was when I still lived in the UK!). Good luck!

[mobculture]

They look so amazing, I want croissants now.

[rice_dream_girl]

Why thank you! I feel quite sick from the amount I consumed haha.

[skkkkkutler]

yuuuuuuuuum.