Crossword clues for croissant
croissant
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1899, see crescent.
Wiktionary
n. A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.
WordNet
n. very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll [syn: crescent roll]
Wikipedia
A croissant (, ; ) is a buttery, flaky, viennoiserie-pastry named for its well-known crescent shape. Croissants and 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 sheet, in a technique called laminating. The process results in a layered, flaky texture, similar to a puff pastry.
Crescent-shaped food breads have been made since the renaissance, and crescent-shaped cakes possibly since antiquity.
Croissants have long been a staple of Austrian and French bakeries and pâtisseries. In the late 1970s, the development of factory-made, frozen, pre-formed but unbaked dough made them into a fast food which can be freshly baked by unskilled labor. The croissanterie was explicitly a French response to American-style fast food, and today 30–40% of the croissants sold in French bakeries and patisseries are baked from frozen dough. Today, the croissant remains popular in a continental breakfast.
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Usage examples of "croissant".
In the continental patisserie she bought olive ciabatta and date bread and chocolate croissants and several packets of white chocolate finger biscuits.
Sitting outside Le Trianon in an area roped off from pedestrians, the thin blond observer with the flowing beard and tangled dreadlocks washed down his second croissant with the dregs of his third capuccino: and wished that what passed for breakfast at the madersa where he was staying would feed more than a stray mouse.
She took a croissant from the plate Fibber placed in the middle of the table and gently teased apart the layers of flaky pastry, yet the thought of eating it made her inexplicably nauseous.
A grande Amaretto Cappuccino, a Mocha Frappuccino, and a Caramel Macchiato landed in my four-cup carrier, along with a half-dozen muffins and croissants.
Ellis bit out, and left, banging the door of the suite as he left, and she slackened, looking at her croissant without real interest.
From the time she had been a toddler, she had crawled into this bed on Sunday mornings, dragging her stuffed animals and blankies with her, her menagerie as much a part of the weekend routine as the funny papers and the croissants and jam and tea that Delphine always brought upstairs on the breakfast tray.
He had awakened early and slipped out to get some croissants to go with expresso for a light breakfast.
He sat flanked by coffee pots, little dishes of apricot jam, platters of prosciutto and enough croissants to feed a small army.
Soho his village because he has his breakfast croissant and cappuccino at Patisserie Valerie in Old Compton Street and buys his charcuterie and cheese from Fratelli Camisa in Berwick Street and his coffee beans from Angelucci in Frith Street.
Diane and her two acolytes Ford and Carnegie supplied with croissants and coffee.
He looked up at the android, patiently waiting with a carryout bag of hot croissants and coffee.
Nauman, lighting his pipe after three croissants, two jam tarts, and three cups of coffee.
As she closed the door behind her, Celeste appeared, carrying a tray of fresh coffee and hot croissants, another cup, another plate and knife.
Brianne with strong, hot coffee and warm buttered croissants, announcing that her bath would be ready in a few moments.
Pinned to the bathroom door was a note saying she was out buying jam, croissants and eggs, and would return soon to make breakfast.