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A croissant (/ k r ə ˈ s ɑː n t, ˈ k (r) w æ s ɒ̃ /, [1] French: ⓘ) is a French pastry in a crescent shape made from a laminated yeast dough similar to puff pastry. [2]It is a buttery, flaky, viennoiserie pastry inspired by the shape of the Austrian kipferl, but using the French yeast-leavened laminated dough. [3]
Pains au chocolat prior to baking. Pain au chocolat (French: [pɛ̃ o ʃɔkɔla] ⓘ; lit. ' bread with chocolate '), also known as chocolatine (French: [ʃɔkɔlatin] ⓘ) in the south-west part of France and in French speaking parts of Canada, couque au chocolat in Belgium, or chocolate croissant in the United States, is a type of Viennoiserie pastry consisting of a cuboid-shaped piece of ...
Croissants have long been a staple of French bakeries and pâtisseries. The Kipferl – ancestor of the croissant – has been documented in Austria going back at least as far as the 13th century, in various shapes. [21] The Kipferl can be made plain or with nut or other fillings (some consider the rugelach a form of Kipferl).
The word "croissant" means “crescent” in French, and the croissant emoji is curved! But I suppose emojis aren’t the epitome of fact, so I decided to investigate in the name of journalism.
In Polish, which influenced Yiddish, róg can mean "corner", but can also mean "horn" – both the kind on an animal and the musical instrument. Croissant-shaped pastries, which look like horns, are called rogale in Polish, see rogal świętomarciński. Rogale is almost identical in pronunciation and meaning to the Yiddish word rugelach.
Viennoiseries (French: [vjɛnwazʁi]; English: "things in the style of Vienna") are French baked goods made from a yeast-leavened dough in a manner similar to bread, or from puff pastry, but with added ingredients (particularly eggs, butter, milk, cream and sugar), which give them a richer, sweeter character that approaches that of pastry. [1]
The French word pâtisserie is also used in English (with or without the accent) for many of the same foods, as well as the set of techniques used to make them. Originally, the French word pastisserie referred to anything, such as a meat pie, made in dough (paste, later pâte) and not typically a luxurious or sweet product. [7]
Kipferl are a traditional yeasted bread rolled into a crescent shape. The Austrian kipferl [] is a small wheat roll with pointed ends. [2] The 17th-century Austrian monk Abraham a Sancta Clara described the roll as crescent shaped, writing "the moon in the first quarter shines like a kipfl", and noted there were Kipferl in various forms: "vil lange, kurze, krumpe und gerade kipfel" ("many long ...