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Viennoiserie
Pain au chocolat is a type of viennoiserie.
Pain au chocolat is a type of viennoiserie.
Type Pastry or bread
Course Breakfast or snack
Place of origin France
Main ingredients Varies by type

Viennoiseries (French pronunciation: [vjɛnwazʁi], "things of Vienna") are baked goods made from a yeast-leavened dough in a manner similar to bread, or from puff pastry, but with added ingredients (particularly eggs, butter, milk, cream and sugar), which give them a richer, sweeter character that approaches that of pastry. The dough is often laminated.

Viennoiseries are typically eaten at breakfast or as snacks.

Types

Examples include croissants; Vienna bread and its French equivalent, pain viennois, often shaped into baguettes; brioche; pain au chocolat; pain au lait; pain aux raisins; chouquettes; Danish pastries; xuixo; bugnes; and chausson aux pommes.

History

The popularity of Viennese-style baked goods in France began with the Boulangerie Viennoise, which was opened by August Zang in 1839. The first usage of the expression pâtisseries viennoises appeared in 1877 in a book by the French author Alphonse Daudet, Le Nabab. However, the use of puff pastry came later and is a method that is French, not Viennese.

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Viennoiserie para niños

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