Food
Croissant
A croissant is a laminated pastry of butter and dough folded repeatedly to produce flaky layers.
What it means for a café
The archetypal café reward, because the gap between what it costs and what it feels worth is unusually wide. It also has the shortest useful life on the counter, which makes it a sensible thing to give away late in the day rather than throw out.
This page describes croissant in general. It is not a description of any particular chain’s recipe, and the photograph is not of any named company’s product.
- Style
- Laminated, yeast-leavened
- Best
- Within hours of baking
- Sold
- Plain or filled
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