What makes a real French croissant?

Croissants are a staple in French pastry. A fresh coffee and a croissant create the perfect breakfast combination. So, how are perfect French croissants made? How did they become so popular in France, and how were they invented in the first place? Legend has it that the croissant wasn’t even invented in France. To answer these questions, we went to Paris, France, and visited a classic boulangerie – a French bakery – to find out.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:55 The dough
01:37 Layers of butter
02:41 The shape
03:38 History of the croissant
04:22 The perfect croissants
05:12 How to eat crossaints

CREDITS
Report: Katja Liersch
Camera: Nicolas Grimard
Edit: Benoît Lebec
Supervising editor: Ruben Kalus

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And creation later for now how exactly do you bake the perfect croissant that’s a question for Adria oano in the Paris suburb of epinesa O people line up for his croissants in 2021 he was officially named France’s best croissant Baker in a national Competition his prize winning croissants are made of two different kinds of FL flour butter sugar yeast milk with a little cream water and Salt then he rolls out the dough and lets it Set then comes the decisive moment he works a thick layer of butter into the dough most French people regard the butter croissant rather than the regular one as the true croissant adrion wraps a generously thick pad of butter into the Dough what makes a croissant dough especially flaky is a process called laminating the dough is rolled out with the butter and fold it again and again the chef has to let the dough rest and rise Periodically then adre cuts the dough into the optimal Shape The croissants by this master pastry maker have to do more than taste good they have to look good as well on a historical note the croissant did not originate in France but in Austria it’s said to have been created around 1683 during the siege of Vienna by the

Ottomans Vienna’s Bakers are said to have sounded the alarm while the Ottomans were digging a tunnel under the city walls to commemorate the victory The Bakers invented a pastry in the the shape of the Ottoman cresant then around 1770 croissants were brought to France by Queen Marie and

Tette in 1840 AUST Zang and his business partner opened an Austrian bakery in Paris alongside other vienes Specialties its croissant sold like hot cakes and spread their popularity all through France SEC without a doubt good croissants take time almost 9 hours but for adrenal they’re well worth It in France a butter croissant generally goes for between €1 and 120 it weighs 50 g and packs 250 calories which may explain why most French people don’t indulge in them every day and they prefer french-made croissants for