Today in my blog I have decided to type a short passage about the history of the French pastry we like to call "Croissants".
This flaky, buttery, crescent shaped pastry is made with layered yeast-levend dough that is folded many times in which we like to call lamination. This type of pastry is in the category of puff pastries. When the croissant first originated, it wasn't just a flaky butter pastry, their was many different variations to this puff pastry. One of the popular versions was adding various types of delicious and nutritious nuts. Now people have created different ideas of making sweet and savory croissants like chocolate croissants and ham and cheese croissants.
Croissants have been made since the Middle Ages and have originated in the countries of Austria and France as its stapled food. This pastry was first made in the late 1970s with frozen commercial puff pastry dough. The French considered croissants as what we like to call "American fast food". Everyone in present today calls croissants as a "continental breakfast" item.
August Zang, who founded a Viennese bakery called "Boulangerie Viennoise", created and founded the croissant. As the popularity of the croissant grew and it's palette of taste was popular, many other french bakers imitated this popular pastry into their own versions.
This type of pastry can now be found in the following countries like Argentina, Portugal, Italy, and Poland. In Argentina, people call croissants "medialunas" or half moons and usually served with a cup of coffee. In Italy, Italians call croissants "cornetto" in the south and in the north of Italy they call them "brioche"and served with a cappachino barside. they usually sprinkle powdered sugar and stuff them with various jellies or jams. On St. martin's day in Poland, many people buy and eat large amounts of croissants. In Portugal, their croissants are very similar to the French version of the croissants and can be stuffed with various sweets like chocolates and jams, but the sweet types of croissants are found in many Portuguese bakeries.
August Zang, who founded a Viennese bakery called "Boulangerie Viennoise", created and founded the croissant. As the popularity of the croissant grew and it's palette of taste was popular, many other french bakers imitated this popular pastry into their own versions.
This type of pastry can now be found in the following countries like Argentina, Portugal, Italy, and Poland. In Argentina, people call croissants "medialunas" or half moons and usually served with a cup of coffee. In Italy, Italians call croissants "cornetto" in the south and in the north of Italy they call them "brioche"and served with a cappachino barside. they usually sprinkle powdered sugar and stuff them with various jellies or jams. On St. martin's day in Poland, many people buy and eat large amounts of croissants. In Portugal, their croissants are very similar to the French version of the croissants and can be stuffed with various sweets like chocolates and jams, but the sweet types of croissants are found in many Portuguese bakeries.
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