Definitions

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  • noun A baked product made in a similar manner to bread, but with ingredients giving them a sweeter, heavier quality closer to a pastry.

Etymologies

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Borrowed from French viennoiserie.

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Examples

  • I'm curious about a rule of thumb re viennoiserie which I have accepted but never analyzed: Croissants made with butter are supposed to form the traditional crescent shape, while croissants made with margarine or other ersatz are supposed to end up in a straight line, more or less.

    The Succulent Café. Ann Althouse 2009

  • Team France on Wednesday took home gold at the World Cup of Baking, ending a 12-year drought on the strength of textbook baguettes, complex but uncluttered viennoiserie (yeasted pastry) and an intricate dough sculpture depicting a shapely woman clothed in haute couture.

    Self-Maintenance 2008

  • Team France on Wednesday took home gold at the World Cup of Baking, ending a 12-year drought on the strength of textbook baguettes, complex but uncluttered viennoiserie (yeasted pastry) and an intricate dough sculpture depicting a shapely woman clothed in haute couture.

    Ben's Better Half 2008

  • Team France on Wednesday took home gold at the World Cup of Baking, ending a 12-year drought on the strength of textbook baguettes, complex but uncluttered viennoiserie (yeasted pastry) and an intricate dough sculpture depicting a shapely woman clothed in haute couture.

    France Takes Home Baking Title 2008

  • Family of Bakers There are three categories: baguettes and other bread, viennoiserie

    Baking World Cup: 2008

  • Vienna is also the origin of the croissant and other viennoiserie; the croissant commemmorates the Muslim crescent.

    Oddities of the Klee Brasserie. Ann Althouse 2007

  • Boulangeries may bake large varieties of bread and also viennoiserie, which consists of croissants, pains aux raisins, brioches, and pains au chocolat.

    JOIE DE VIVRE ROBERT ARBOR 2003

  • Old World authenticity to the lunch, tea and viennoiserie served.

    All Stories | The New York Observer 2010

  • Gauweiler's son, Eric, also works in the bakery, preparing puff pastry in the afternoons for the next day's viennoiserie, but he has yet to learn to make baumkuchen

    The Orange County Register - News Headlines : News 2010

  • The breadbasket is the best in the city and reminds me of Balthazar in New York (not surprising that an Austrian cafe would excel at viennoiserie), the coffee is lovely and strong, and the croque madame is incredible, with the lightest touch of bechamel.

    unknown title 2009

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