Cronut
Sign in to savethumb|Cronut cross-section The cronut (the name represents a portmanteau of croissant and doughnut) is a pastry developed and trademarked in New York in 2013 by the French pastry-chef Dominique Ansel. Resembling a doughnut, it is made from croissant-like dough filled with flavored cream and fried in grapeseed oil.
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- doughnut
- Named after
- doughnut
- Country of origin
- United States
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- time of discovery or invention
- 2013-05-10
- Commons category
- Cronut
- discoverer or inventor
- Dominique Ansel
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thumb|Cronut cross-section The cronut (the name represents a portmanteau of croissant and doughnut) is a pastry developed and trademarked in New York in 2013 by the French pastry-chef Dominique Ansel. Resembling a doughnut, it is made from croissant-like dough filled with flavored cream and fried in grapeseed oil.
==Origin== thumb|Dominique Ansel Bakery, New York City In 2013, the French 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. It took Ansel two months to perfect the recipe.
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