About the work

A closer look.

One card for one bake, written to be made in the dark. The 3am croissant. One move free, so you know what a card is worth: before the first fold, the butter block and the dough have to be the same give. Butter at about 13-15C, firm but not a cold snap, and the dough just as cool. If the butter is softer than the dough it smears into the layers instead of shearing, and you lose the lift no matter how clean the folds are. Most recipes never say it. That is the difference between layers and a buttery brick. Buy the card and you get the rest: overnight lamination, exact weights in grams, cold-room timings, the fold that actually matters, how to tell the dough is ready by feel, and the small move that makes it taste made on purpose instead of bought. Same card that sits on the table at Proof. PDF and plain text, one revision included, and a line on what I could not get right. Why three days: I write each card by hand and read it once more before it goes out. It is not auto-generated. If you need it sooner, message me and I will say honestly whether I can. No 3am required. You bring a kitchen and a cold shelf; the hour is up to you.