World Flavors Cookbook

Facturas (Argentine Pastries)

Name: Facturas (Argentine Pastries)
Cook time: 25 min
Cuisine: Argentina
Ingredients: For dough: 500g flour, 100g butter, 7g yeast, 100ml warm milk, 2 eggs, 80g sugar, 1 tsp salt; Dulce de leche or pastry cream for filling; Egg wash; Powdered sugar glaze

Buenos Aires bakery pastries — flaky, buttery, filled with dulce de leche, crema pastelera, or quince paste. The morning coffee ritual.

Cuisine: Argentina

Ingredients

For dough: 500g flour, 100g butter, 7g yeast, 100ml warm milk, 2 eggs, 80g sugar, 1 tsp salt
Dulce de leche or pastry cream for filling
Egg wash
Powdered sugar glaze

Instructions

Make enriched dough. Knead 10 minutes. Rise 1 hour.
Roll out. Layer butter for lamination (like croissant dough). Fold and chill 3 times.
Shape into medias lunas, vigilantes, and sacramentos (different shapes).
Fill chosen varieties with dulce de leche or cream.
Egg wash. Bake at 190C for 20-25 minutes.
Glaze while warm.