Binging with Babish: Raspberry Danish from Ant Man & The Wasp

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess.

puff pastry

🥗Healthier: phyllo dough

💰Cheaper: homemade pastry dough

Phyllo dough is lighter and lower in fat.

raspberries

🥗Healthier: blueberries

💰Cheaper: frozen raspberries

Frozen raspberries are often less expensive and available year-round.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds flavor and can be more nutritious.

Add 659 grams of all purpose flour to the bowl of a stand mixer.

Work 30 grams of unsalted butter into the flour with fingers.

Add 67 grams of sugar and 12 grams of instant yeast, whisk until homogenous.

Add 75 milliliters of lukewarm water and 230 milliliters of refrigerator cold full fat milk.

Add 3 grams of vanilla extract and 2 large eggs, along with 15 grams of kosher salt, mix until just combined.

Cover the dough and let it rest.

Prepare butter squares by pounding out 450 grams of butter between parchment paper.

Roll out the dough into a rectangle and place one butter square in the center, fold the dough over it.

Add the second butter square on top and fold the remaining dough over it, pinching the edges shut.

Roll out the dough again and fold into thirds to laminate, repeat this process multiple times.

Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 20 minutes, then roll out and fold again, refrigerate for 4 to 16 hours.

Cut the dough into a rectangle about 13 by 6 inches and cut three one inch wide strips for the filling.

Brush the strips with a beaten egg and place them on the rectangle, proof for one hour.

Make the cheese filling by combining 100 grams of cream cheese, 100 grams of ricotta, 35 grams of sugar, and a pinch of kosher salt.

Pipe the cheese mixture and raspberry jam into the channels of the pastry.

Brush with a beaten egg and bake at 400°F for 15 to 18 minutes.

Make a glaze with confectioner's sugar and skim milk, drizzle over the baked pastry.

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