We’ve never exactly given high praise to Italy’s most classic breakfast. On the rare occasions we mention it, it’s usually to say that some other breakfast dish is better!
In hindsight, we regret being so harsh on the humble “cornetto,” Italy’s famous breakfast pastry that looks like a croissant (but is actually quite different). When you can get one hot and fresh, it’s a hard pastry to beat! But therein lies the problem: most of us don’t live next to an Italian bakery.
That’s why Eva is here to show how you can make them at home! It’s definitely a project, but they’re easier than you might think AND can be made in big batches and cooked whenever you want a fresh cornetto.
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00:00 – The Ultimate Italian Breakfast: Cappuccino and Cornetto
01:29 – How to Make Italian Cornetti
02:24 – How to Make a Brioche Dough for Cornetti
05:40 – The Right Butter for Homemade Cornetti
07:02 – Managing Cornetto Dough Temperature
09:09 – How to Make Laminating Butter at Home
11:46 – Laminating the Cornetti Dough & Butter
14:57 – How to Cut, Shape and Roll Cornetti
16:59 – How to Freeze Cornetti
17:20 – How to Proof and Cook Cornetti
18:48 – Tasting Eva’s Cornetti Recipe
21:15 – Pasta Grammarian in Action!
45 Comments
Would anyone be interested in a complete, step-by-step guide to how Eva makes her sourdough yeast? And the many, many ways she uses it to cook (bread is only the tip of the iceberg)? Drop a comment and let her know, because I'm having trouble convincing her! 😂
Kind of a random question but what do you use to froth your milk so nice I love a cappuccino And don't have A machine that froths. I do use an immersion blender but I don't get any kind of froth like you do?
Una bomba sei tu, Eva! Grazie mille e viva il cornetto! Buona giornata!
CORNETTI. will use poison Mark Wiens next. Loves Crab meat. Never served the Army. Thanks for advice.
Please. Show us how you make your sour dough starter❤❤😊 love you guys, Barb😊
Sourdough? 👀
Yes, please do show the sourdough starter. It's like showing us the instructions. Please do.
Yes , Eva, I’d love that recipe.
This is great education because I never knew the difference 😊but you are absolutely an amazing beautiful lovely cook❤
The Cornetti may be warm but she’s hot!!! 🔥
Croissant is from Viena, Austria, not from france. It was made to celebrate the defeat of the ottomans invaders, hence the crescent moon shape of the Viennoiserie (like the crescent in ottoman flag). You are welcome.
What do you do with all those little trim bits?
Please make the sourdough video!!
Eva: beat the butter
Harper: edits in army themed music
Does anyone actually make these at home? I'm French and have never heard of anyone making croissants at home. Too labour-intensive! It's only worth the effort if you make hundreds at a time.
sourdough starter!!!!
We have Irish butter in the US supermarkets. I hope it would be OK for this recipe as it is easy to obtain.
Ohhh! Ricota would be amazing dude~ 20:37
Absolutely, is sourdough the typical kind of bread hat Italians like to eat(and dip)? Is it different than a traditional Italian loaf? What’s her favorite bread to make? I want a bread I can both make sandwiches and use to dip in sauces, etc.
It's a croissan't.
I'm in love with her and her hair, marry me….next week, after my 4th divorce in finalized.
At minute 5:23 give you my like, Argentine here and AMOOOO los cornertti
Give us that Sourdough starter recipe Eva!! You're welcome Harper
I bake bread frequently, but never sourdough. Would love to see a sourdough video!
True, you can go into almost anyplace in America and get what they call croissants. But real croissants. Actual croissants. Hot and fresh from a bakery that knows. Are layer upon layre of buttery perfection. And I'm more than willing to try a cornetto.
Unrelated to this particular video but….I was watching your orrichietti video where you have a link to watch actually making homemade pasta and it took me to an app download, "retrieve", which I downloaded and could never actually get anywhere with. It just says I don't have any "guides". Is there something I am missing? Please help if you can. I love all of your videos and really want to see Eva make this pasta!!
I hope Ava does a sourdough video—Italian style.🙏😁
Why don’t you guys post on tik tok anymore? 😢
WE WANT THE SOUR DOUGH STARTER!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🤍🤍
This method of making the folding dough can be improved. There are some options here. But one of then is to cut the butter in slices and then in cubes. You do this while the butter lays in a bit of flour so it won’t stick onto your knife. Then cool it. When rolling the dough you should use flour on top of your working area. This will improve rolling out the dough easier and faster. The dough needs to rest after two folds. You press on the cubes of butter on 2 / 3 of the dough and fold the none buttered part first. Then the other parts goes on top. Notice you butter is already better spread in this firsthandling then shown in this video.
Now we are going to turn the dough 1 / 4 aka 90 degrees. Sprinkle some flour underneath. Roll out and fold again. Here you can fold in 4 folds. Now turn the dough. Roll out and fold in 3. Put it back in the fridge and let it rest. The longer the better.
The finished dough should be rolled out thinner then we have seen in the video. Cut it and make the shapes. Spread them evenly on you baking plate. If they are equal divided then you have less change to burn some of them aka they bake more evenly. Before baking you need to let the shapes rest under plastic wrap or a semi wet towel. The shapes must be very ‘wiggley’ aka needs to be risen very well. The better it is risen the better they bake but also they will be more fluffy on the end. That’s what you want. A very nice and airy product.
Sourdough video please 🙂
Is there any other brand besides a Kitchen Aid? My daughter is a professional baker. She uses 3 Kitchen Aids.
Eva, lo sai che e facilissimo a fare il burro? E molto piu gustoso.
Sour dough starter video please
We would love to see Ava’s sourdough bread! Since your in the area have you tried Proof Sourdough?
I don't usually eat pastries, but we had cornetti for breakfast pretty much every day (10 days) while in Italy late last March. They were so good! I especially loved the ones with pistacchio cream inside, but then I don't have much of a sweet tooth, so the saltiness of them was perfect. I can't remember any of them not being really tasty, so I had no issue ordering them all the time. Though we didn't dip them in coffee at all. I don't drink coffee and my wife only started drinking coffee when we were in Italy, so she was pretty new to coffee traditions. Hmm.
Yes please for the sour dough starter. I love your recipes. They are as close to my grandmother’s as you could possibly get without knowing her
Yes, PLEASE tell me how to make a sourdough starter!!!! PLEASE…..please… pretty please!!!!
I would REALLY like to see a video where Eva makes her sourdough!
I'm curious what she did with all the trimmings each time she folded the dough. 🤨🧐
Vocal fry much?
Well this is the breakfast you can have at the bar. At home is a total different story, no cornetto, no brioche or cappuccino. The traditional home breakfast (at least in the centre/north of Italy) is composed by caffellatte or a simple coffee or milk tea with biscuits and toasted bread with butter and jam or honey.
That’s a lot of work! I’m sure it’s delicious though.
The folding of the butter is called lamination
Eva, scandisci meglio le parole e non mettere della musica sopra il vostro parlato: non si capisce, per esempio, quando spieghi come e cosa ci va per fare l'egg wash di cui parli !!! Riguarda il video, migliora la dizione… Specie in inglese continui a fare errori veniali ma fastidiosi…