Facturas(Facturas Argentinas)
Facturas๋ ์๋ฅดํจํฐ๋ ๋ฒ ์ด์ปค๋ฆฌ์์ ์ฌ๋๋ฐ๋ ์คํ ์ดํ ๋ฉ๋ด๋ก, ์์นจ ์์ฌ๋ ๋ฉ๋ฆฌ์๋ค(์คํ ํฐํ์)์ ์ฆ๊ธฐ๋ ๋ฌ์ฝคํ ๊ฐ์์ ๋๋ค. ์ข ์ข ๊ฑฐ์น ํผํ ํ์ด์คํธ๋ฆฌ ๋ฐ์ฃฝ์ผ๋ก ๋ง๋ค์ด์ง๋ ์ด ํ์ด์คํธ๋ฆฌ๋ ์ฌ๋์ค๋ฌ์ด ๋ค์ํ ๋ชจ์์ผ๋ก ๋์ค๋ฉฐ, ์ ํต์ ์ผ๋ก ๋์ธ ๋ฐ ๋ ์ฒด, ํฌ๋ ๋ง ํ์คํฐ์๋ผ(์ปค์คํฐ๋), ๋๋ ๋์ธ ๋ฐ ๋ฉค๋ธ๋ฆฌ์(๋ชจ๊ณผ ํ์ด์คํธ)๋ฅผ ์ฑ์ ๋ฃ์ต๋๋ค. ๊ทธ ๊ธฐ์์ ์ ๋ฝ ์ด๋ฏผ์๋ค์ ๋ฒ ์ดํน ์ ํต๊ณผ ์ฐ๊ฒฐ๋์ด ์์ผ๋ฉฐ, ๋ง์ ์ด๋ฆ๋ค์ด ์ฌํ์ ๋ ผํ์ ํ์ด์คํธ๋ฆฌ๋ฅผ ์ฌ์ฉํ๋ ์๋ํค์คํธ ์ ๋นต์ฌ๋ค์ ์ญ์ฌ๋ฅผ ๋ฐ์ํฉ๋๋ค.

๐ง ์ฌ๋ฃ
- 1 kg All-purpose flour(plus more for dusting)
- 200 g Instant yeast(A thick, caramel-like spread, essential for many facturas. Ensure it's a good quality, spreadable dulce de leche.)
- 200 g Granulated sugar(A firm, jelly-like paste made from quince fruit. It can be softened slightly by warming if too stiff.)
- 200 g Salt(A rich vanilla pastry cream. Can be store-bought or homemade.)
- 1 large egg Eggs(1 for dough, 1 for egg wash)
- 100 ml Milk(lukewarm)
- as needed Unsalted butter(cold, cut into cubes (200g for dough, 50g for filling/enrichment))
๐จโ๐ณ ์กฐ๋ฆฌ๋ฒ
- 1
Prepare the Dough: In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, instant yeast, granulated sugar, and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg and lukewarm milk. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until a shaggy dough forms. Gradually add the cold, cubed butter to the dough, incorporating it by pinching and folding with your hands or using a pastry blender until the butter is in pea-sized pieces and the dough is still somewhat crumbly. Avoid overmixing to maintain butter pockets for flakiness. Form the dough into a rough rectangle, wrap it tightly in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or preferably overnight.
โฑ๏ธ 2.5 hours (active time spread over several hours, including chilling) - 2
Laminate the Dough (Rough Puff Pastry Method): Lightly flour your work surface. Take the chilled dough and roll it out into a rectangle approximately 12x18 inches (30x45 cm). Fold the dough into thirds, like a letter. Rotate the dough 90 degrees and roll it out again to the same dimensions. Repeat this folding and rolling process two more times, for a total of three 'turns'. After each turn, wrap the dough tightly in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes to prevent the butter from melting and to relax the gluten. This process creates layers that will puff up during baking.
โฑ๏ธ 15 minutes - 3
Shape the Facturas: Once the dough has completed its chilling and laminating process, lightly flour your work surface again. Roll out the dough to about 1/4-inch (0.5 cm) thickness. Cut the dough into desired shapes. Popular shapes include squares (for 'huevo frito' style), rectangles, or triangles. For 'caรฑoncitos' (little cannons), cut long strips and roll them into cone shapes. Leave space between the shapes on a parchment-lined baking sheet, as they will expand.
โฑ๏ธ 45 minutes - 4
Fill and Proof: Fill the shaped dough with your chosen fillings. For instance, place a dollop of dulce de leche, crema pastelera, or a piece of dulce de membrillo in the center of squares or rectangles before folding them over. For caรฑoncitos, fill the cone shapes. Gently press the edges to seal if necessary. Cover the shaped facturas loosely with plastic wrap and let them rise in a warm place for about 45-60 minutes, or until visibly puffy and doubled in size.
โฑ๏ธ 45-60 minutes - 5
Bake the Facturas: Preheat your oven to 375ยฐF (190ยฐC). Whisk the remaining egg with a tablespoon of milk or water to create an egg wash. Gently brush the tops of the proofed facturas with the egg wash. If desired, sprinkle with coarse sugar for extra texture and sweetness. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the pastries are golden brown and puffed up.
โฑ๏ธ 15 minutes - 6
Glaze and Serve: While the facturas are still warm from the oven, brush them generously with warmed apricot jam. This adds a lovely sheen and a subtle fruity flavor. Allow the facturas to cool slightly before serving. They are best enjoyed fresh, ideally within a day or two of baking.
โฑ๏ธ 15-20 minutes per batch - 7
Glaze and Finish: While the facturas are still warm, brush them generously with the simple sugar syrup. This gives them a beautiful sheen and a slightly crisp exterior. If desired, sprinkle with chopped nuts immediately after glazing.
โฑ๏ธ 5 minutes - 8
Cool and Serve: Let the facturas cool on a wire rack for at least 15-20 minutes before serving. They are best enjoyed fresh, ideally on the same day they are baked, with a cup of coffee ('cafรฉ con leche').
โฑ๏ธ 20 minutes
๐ก ์ ๋ฌธ๊ฐ ํ
- โEnsure your butter is very cold when incorporating it into the dough for the best lamination and flakiest results.
- โIf you don't have time for the full lamination process, a 'rough puff' method where the butter is just roughly incorporated can still yield delicious results.
- โFor crema pastelera, ensure it is completely cooled before filling the pastries to prevent the dough from becoming soggy.
- โFacturas are best eaten the day they are made, but can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two days.
- โDon't be afraid to experiment with different shapes and fillings; Argentinian bakeries offer a wide variety!
โจ ๋ณํ ์์ด๋์ด
์ด ๋ ์ํผ๋ฅผ ๋๋ง์ ์คํ์ผ๋ก ๋ฐ๊พธ๋ ์๊ฐ
- For a richer dough, some recipes incorporate a bit of honey into the initial dough mixture.
- Certain facturas, like 'tortitas negras', are made with a dough that is rolled in brown sugar before baking for a caramelized crust.