Cerceta Pardilla

Cerceta Pardilla

Ingredients for the croissant dough

• 500 g French Type 55 flour or unbleached all-purpose flour / plain flour (extra for dusting)
• 140 g water
• 140 g whole milk (you can take it straight from the fridge)
• 55 g sugar
• 40 g soft unsalted butter
• 11 g instant yeast
• 12 g salt

Croissant Time Table Times are an indication and also depend on your experience with the recipe. Try to work swift but precise and take extra fridge time if needed! Day 1 – Make initial dough

• 21.00 h – Knead for 3 minutes and store in fridge for 12 hours

Day 2 – Laminate the dough

• 09.00 h – Make butter slab and refrigerate till needed
• 09.05 h – Roll dough disc into square
• 09.10 h – Seal butter in dough
• 09.15 h – Roll out to 20 cm x 60 cm and fold
• Refrigerate 30 minutes
• 09.50 h – Rotate 90 degrees
• Roll out to 20 cm x 60 cm and fold
• Refrigerate 30 minutes
• 10.25 h – Rotate 90 degrees
• Roll out to 20 cm x 60 cm and fold
• 11.00 h – Refrigerate until day 3

Day 3 – Dividing, Shaping, proofing and baking

• 09.00 h – Roll out to 20 cm x 110 cm – part 1
• 09.05 h – Often needed! Take 20 min. fridge time if length not in one go
• 09.25 h – Roll out to 20 cm x 110 cm – part 2
• 09.30 h – Divide and shape the croissants
• 09.40 h – First coat of egg wash
• 09.45 h – Proof to perfection (indication 2 hours)
• 11.45 h – Second coat of egg wash
• 11.50 h – Bake for 15-18 minutes
• 12.10 h – Ready!

What is the Cerceta Pardilla? The Cerceta Pardilla is one of the endangered birds in Spain.

How is the Cerceta Pardilla? The Cerceta Pardilla is a small swimmer, barely 40 cm in length. Its plumage is inconspicuous gray and pale mottled brown and a dark line, with a crest on the nape more developed in males.

How is it's feeding? It's feeding is omnivorous. Although it mainly does so from seeds, tubers and other aquatic vegetation. It also feeds on aquatic insects and their larvae, annelids and mollusks.

Where is it's habitat? Its habitat is in shallow waters with a lot of aquatic vegetation, both emergent and submerged. It prefers to nest in small lagoons up to 1 meter deep.

How many years does the Cerceta Pardilla live? Its half-life is 10 years, but due to poaching, it may be less.