What is the difference between Chouxnut and a cruller?
As you may know, it's the same type of dough that is used to make profiteroles or eclairs. It is cooked twice: first over the stove/ hob, then oven baked, or deep fried in this case. What is this? Crullers (sometimes also called chouxnuts), are much lighter and more delicate than the traditional doughnuts.
For example, the Old Fashioned Cake Donut has a mild vanilla flavor with a slight nutmeg finish. These donuts take about 12-15 minutes to create from start to finish. A French Cruller* has a soft, airy texture with a pleasant light “egg-like” flavor. The center of the French Cruller is wet with a crunchy exterior.
Much like a Cronut is a mix of a Croissant and Donut, a Chouxnut is a Donut made with lighter Choux pastry.
Krondl surmises that the shape came from recipes that called for the dough to be shaped like a jumble — a once common ring-shaped cookie.
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Cruller.
| "Cinnamon twist" cruller | |
|---|---|
| Alternative names | Twister |
| Type | Pastry/Doughnut |
| Media: Cruller | |
It turns out that crueller is the proper spelling in Pennsylvania Dutch country. They even have types of cruellers I've never heard of, like a coconut crueller. Mmmm… So it turns out that both of these spellings are correct.
Cake doughnuts, lacking that honeycomb structure of big yeast bubbles, are often (but not always) smaller, with a puckered little hole. A subset, the old-fashioned doughnut, always has a cracked, craggy surface, and in the most classic versions the sides splay out like the petals of a flower.
Rather, many say the lack of donuts on the shelves is due to ongoing supply chain issues. "Right now there is a shortage of an ingredient that they put into the dough so they can't make any French cruller dough for the time being," one person said. The French cruller isn't the only donut running out at Dunkin'.
Jelly Doughnut
These classic doughnuts are typically round without a hole in the middle, and generally leavened with yeast.
' Unlike a Cronut, the chounut is made from pâte à choux, a light and delicate dough that puffs up perfectly in the oven. Inspired by the popularity of hybrid pastries, Athuil said that she brainstormed with her team to offer a unique creation at CHOUX Bakery.
How do you fill a Chouxnut?
When ready, spoon the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a filler nozzle. Make a small hole in each of the chouxnuts then insert the filler nozzle and fill them with the desired amount of crème patissière, being careful not to overfill or they'll burst.
According to some cookbooks, a chef by the name of Pantarelli or Pantanelli, Catherine de' Medici's head chef, invented the dough in 1540, seven years after he left Florence with Medici and her court.
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One of the more unique Dunkin' donuts is the French cruller, which features a pinwheel shape, doughy center, and crunchy, sweet glaze. Dunkin' describes it as having an "egg-like" flavor, per the website. Compared to its original glazed and sprinkled counterparts, it has a smaller but just as devoted following.
