Cronut
The Cronut is a croissant-doughnut pastry. It resembles a doughnut and is made from croissant-like dough which is filled with flavored cream and fried in grapeseed oil.
The Cronut in its current form was invented in 2013 by French-American pastry chef Dominique Ansel.[1][2]
Origin
In 2013, bakery owner Dominique Ansel created the pastry out of dough similar to that of a croissant (a pastry that he had been more familiar with) with flavored cream inside.[3][4]
The Cronut was introduced on May 10, 2013, at Ansel's bakery, Dominique Ansel Bakery, in New York's SoHo neighborhood. On the same night, a blogger from Grub Street, the online restaurant blog from New York magazine, reported on the new pastry.[3][5] The post resulted in much interest and online circulation, and by the third day, a line of over 100 people had formed outside the shop to buy it.[4]
Within nine days of introducing the pastry to the bakery's menu, Ansel filed for a trademark for the name "Cronut" at the United States Patent and Trademark Office,[6] which was approved.[7][8]
Similar products
After the release of the Cronut, similar products have sprung up throughout the world including some with different names such as the Kelownut in Kelowna, Canada.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
Dominique Ansel released an at-home Cronut recipe in his cookbook, Dominique Ansel: The Secret Recipes, in 2015, for bakers to attempt in their own homes. Like the original pastry made at Ansel's bakeries, the process also takes three days.[16]
Reception
Writing for the Village Voice in May 2013, Tejal Rao proclaimed the Cronut Ansel's "masterpiece".[17] Time magazine named the Cronut one of the best "extremely fun" inventions of 2013.[18]
See also
References
- ^ Introducing the Cronut, a Doughnut-Croissant Hybrid That May Very Well Change Your Life - Grub Street New York
- ^ "Meet the Cronut: Croissant-Donut Hybrid Takes Pastry World by Storm". ABC News. 2013-05-20. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
- ^ a b "Eureka! From Gone Girl to the selfie stick – how one great idea can change your life". The Guardian. November 6, 2015.
- ^ a b Shunk, Laura (2013-12-04). "Cronut Wizard Dominique Ansel: 'I Want to Make the World of Pastry Exciting'". Blogs.villagevoice.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
- ^ Merwin, Hugh (May 9, 2013). "Introducing the Cronut, a Doughnut-Croissant Hybrid That May Very Well Change Your Life". Grub Street.
- ^ Brendan O'Connor (May 8, 2015). "The Mysterious Persistence of the Cronut". The New York Times Magazine.
- ^ Katie Little (2013-06-07). "Cronut Mania Spawns Imitators and a Trademark Rush". Cnbc.com. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
- ^ USPTO. "Cronut". Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^ "The origin of the Kelownut and why they've been so hard to find lately". InfoTel News. 2019-08-03. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ "The 'Cronut'…Er, That's the 'Doughssant'…Has Arrived In St. Louis « CBS St. Louis". Stlouis.cbslocal.com. 2013-07-08. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
- ^ Tenny Tatusian "Cronut in LA: Semi Sweet Bakery to introduce the Crullant". Los Angeles Times. June 27, 2013.
- ^ 'Cronut' craze has made it to Jacksonville June 28, 2013 FCN
- ^ A homemade version of the Cronut Minneapolis Star Tribune-Jun 26, 2013
- ^ "Good Food - From cronut to zonut, pastry fever comes to Sydney". Smh.com.au. 2013-06-14. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
- ^ "Where to get cronuts in London". 2013-08-23. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
- ^ "The At-Home Cronut™ Pastry". Murdoch Books. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
- ^ Tejal Rao (2013-05-10). "The Cronut Is a Doughnut-Croissant Love Child". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
- ^ Griffin, Carolyn (November 13, 2013). "The 25 Best Inventions of the Year 2013". Time. Archived from the original on November 14, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
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