🥐 The world of croissants extends far beyond their birthplace in Europe. From the time of their introduction, croissants have been universally loved. We’ll take a look at this pastry’s reach and all the different ways it’s enjoyed all across the world. Although there are some subtle variations from one country to the next, the heart of the recipe persists as does the affection for it.
While the familiar crescent shape remains, medialunas differ from croissants in that the dough used to make it includes lemon zest which gives it a light and refreshing taste on the palate.
This is a different version of the traditional Croissant by using brioche dough and cooking it in a steam oven. The result was a completely new kind of pastry that was much lighter and flakier than its predecessors.
They are more closely related to muffins and in fact it is customary to make them from stale cake before filling them with cinnamon, walnuts, hazelnuts and raisins.
This Peruvian version follows the original recipe However this variant is filled with caramelized condensed milk ("dulce de leche") and popularly adding some icing sugar in the top.