Yahoo: France's prodigal pastry son returns to Paris with new pretzel dessert for weekend pop-up

May 17, 2019

You could call it a homecoming of sorts. After dominating New York, Los Angeles and London, France's prodigal pastry son has returned to Paris for a weekend pop-up, finally introducing Parisians to some of the signature edible works that has made Ansel a household name. 

But Parisians hoping to sample the dessert that made him famous -- the hybrid croissant-donut Cronut -- may be disappointed. Every day, only 15 Cronuts will be given away as part of a lottery with every purchase. 

On the counter at his pal Yann Couvreur's bakery in Paris's Marais district, the Cronut sits protected under a glass dome, for display only. 

Because this weekend, Ansel has created an entirely new dessert for his Paris debut, the Pretzel Mousse Cake, an homage to his adopted city of New York that will be available for three days only. 

For the dessert, Ansel says he created a mold using a 3D printer for the pretzel, which is made with an intense, rich peanut butter mousse, soft caramel, crispy peanut butter feuilletine, dotted with pretzel pieces. 

"I wanted to create something just for Paris, something that I've never created before or done anywhere else," Ansel said in an interview a day before the official opening.   

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