Dominique Ansel's Cronut™

Yellow Peach Black Tea Cronut™ 
at Dominique Ansel Bakery, NYC

 This food blog would not be complete without the coveted Cronut™; a wonderful creation by baker extraordinaire Dominique Ansel. The Cronut™ is described as a croissant-doughnut hybrid, launched on May 10, 2013, on my birthday; I HAD to have one! With strict rules such as two Cronut™ pastries per person, it is no wonder that people flock from all across the globe and the demand is still extremely high. 

A co-worker and I decided we would give the Cronut™ a try. Yes, we planned to arrive at 6:30am. This was the best decision I've made this year yet! How can I describe it?? At first bite, you first noticed the lightness of the Cronut™. Layered beautifully with dusting of sugar, then you immediately taste the cream filling. Tasted more like a vanilla bean concoction with perhaps a hint of cocoa or coffee. The yellow peach icing added a bit of tartness, but none too overpowering. It balanced the sweetness of the layered sugary pastry. What I enjoyed most about the Cronut™ were the layers, you'd expect a flaky crust almost but it remained in tacked with very little mess. I must say, the best part of it all was the oozing of cream between each layer -- Amazing!

 

Yellow Peach Black Tea

If you have not already had one of these mouthwatering, heavenly goodness of a pastry...What are you waiting for?! Whatever you may have heard about the Cronut™, let me warn you, the craze is REAL! And the two-hour wait in line is well worth it.

There is however only one flavor of the Cronut™ pastry per month. I say, it does make for an interesting month. The month of August 2014 was the Yellow Peach Black Tea (pictured left), September is Bosc Pear & Sage, and for October, it is Pumpkin Chai with maple sugar.  What will they think of next??

But don't let me tell you all about it, go out
 there and try it!