cronut
nounUK /ˈkɹəʊnʌt/ · US /ˈkɹoʊ(ˌ)nʌt/
Etymology Blend of croissant + doughnut. Trademarked by the French pastry chef Dominique Ansel.
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A pastry which combines characteristics of a croissant and a doughnut. A croissant-based donut. A breadstuff shaped like a donut and made from croissant dough.
- Could it have been a hybrid, a marriage of croissant and doughnut? The Cronut? The Doughsant?1991 March 3, Diane White, “Munching in the '90s -- will doughnuts topple the croissant?”, in Boston Globe:
- You can't overlook the fact that the culinary skill needed to create cronuts is extremely high; pastry dough in a fryer usually "separates instantly and parts six ways to Sunday," says Merwin.2013 June 6, Emily Shire, “Everything you need to know about the cronut”, in The Week:
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- Botshka added that he doesn't understand the draw of the cronut burger, which combines a doughnut and croissant into a burger that is topped with maple bacon jam.2013 August 21, Clare Clancy, “Cronut burger vendor closed after 34 people report getting sick at Toronto’s CNE”, in Hamilton Spectator:
- Synonyms
- doissant
- Hypernyms
- breadstuff, donut, pastry