El cruasán (del francés croissant, AFI: [kʁwa'sɑ̃], “creciente”), también
escrito abundantemente en su grafía sin adaptar croissant, es una pieza
de panadería de origen austriaco, cuya versión hojaldrada se desarrolló
en Francia. Está hecho con una masa de hojaldre específica que contiene
levadura, mantequilla o margarina.
Dado que en el siglo XX la popularidad del cruasán se extendió a muchos
países del mundo, existen numerosas variantes con ingredientes,
consistencia y nombres propios.
Los cruasanes son conocido como 'cachitos' en Perú, Ecuador y Venezuela;
'cruasán' en Colombia; 'medialunas' (un tipo de facturas) en Argentina,
Chile,2 Paraguay y Uruguay; y en otros países de América Latina como
'cangrejitos' o 'cuernitos'. Los hay dulces o salados, sencillos o
rellenos.
Información de Wikipedia, ver aqui
A croissant (UK: /ˈkrwʌsɒ̃, ˈkrwæsɒ̃/,[3] US: /krəˈsɒnt, krwɑːˈsɒ̃/,
French: [kʁwasɑ̃] is a buttery, flaky, viennoiserie pastry of Austrian
origin, but mostly associated with France. Croissants are named for
their historical crescent shape and, like other viennoiserie, are made
of a layered yeast-leavened dough. The dough is layered with butter,
rolled and folded several times in succession, then rolled into a thin
sheet, in a technique called laminating. The process results in a
layered, flaky texture, similar to a puff pastry.
Crescent-shaped breads have been made since the Renaissance, and
crescent-shaped cakes possibly since antiquity. Croissants have long
been a staple of Austrian, Italian, and French bakeries and pâtisseries.
The modern croissant was developed in the early 20th century. In the
late 1970s, the development of factory-made, frozen, pre-formed but
unbaked dough made them into a fast food that can be freshly baked by
unskilled labor. The croissant bakery, notably the La Croissanterie
chain, was a French response to American-style fast food,and as of 2008,
30–40% of the croissants sold in French bakeries and patisseries were
baked from frozen dough.
Croissants are a common part of a continental breakfast in many European
countries.
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