cronut
English
Noun
cronut (plural cronuts)
- A pastry which combines characteristics of a croissant and a doughnut.
- 1991, Diane White, "Munching in the '90s -- will doughnuts topple the croissant?", Boston Globe, 3 March 1991:
- Could it have been a hybrid, a marriage of croissant and doughnut? The Cronut? The Doughsant?
- 2013, Emily Shire, "Everything you need to know about the cronut", The Week, 6 June 2013:
- You can't overlook the fact that the culinary skill needed to create cronuts is extremely high; pastry dough in a fryer usually "separates instantly and parts six ways to Sunday," says Merwin.
- 2013, Clare Clancy, "Cronut burger vendor closed after 34 people report getting sick at Toronto’s CNE", Hamilton Spectator, 21 August 2013:
- Botshka added that he doesn't understand the draw of the cronut burger, which combines a doughnut and croissant into a burger that is topped with maple bacon jam.
- 1991, Diane White, "Munching in the '90s -- will doughnuts topple the croissant?", Boston Globe, 3 March 1991:
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁɔ.nœt/
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