For our practical test this week, we made croissants and danish. Both were originally made in Vienna. Croissants are now thought of as a French pastry and a danish has made Denmark famous. A lot of the credit (or blame) is said to go to Marie Antoinette. She's credited with bringing a lot of the recipes from Vienna to Paris. I'm dubious but that's the story.We also made baklava and spanikopita this week. My favorite of the two was the spanikopita. It's a mixture of spinach, onion and feta cheese in a very thin, flaky dough. Baklava is good but it's really sweet. I'm saving my sweet tooth for next week - strudel, beignets and donuts. Yikes
