[Sca-cooks] Question to the List - Sweet Turkish Crescents

[johnna holloway]

Johnnae llyn Lewis sends greetings.

Anything that is "cresent shaped" from yeast cresents to
cresent cookies is always associated with Vienna and
the seige by the Turks. Also things that are turban
shaped.. turks wore turbans... This is more likely
than not foodlore and myth... and not history.

You might to take a look at Gourmet's Old Vienna Cookbook;
A Viennese Memoir by Lillian Langseth-Christensen.
Gourmet Books, 1968. It should be in larger public libraries.
It has lots of pastry and cookie type recipes.

Hope this helps.

Johnna Holloway

Susan Laing wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone -
>
> I have a dim memory of eating pastry/sweets called "Spiced Turkish
> Crescents" or just "Turkish Crescents"
>
> The topping was dark chocolate; filling was spicy & nutty & base was sweet
> short pastry.  Sort of like a chocolate slice, but cut into crescent shapes.
>
> Can anyone help out with a recipe?
>
> Any chance there's something similar to this in period? (I found a recipe
> for "Walnut Crescents" with the side note of "Legend has it that bakers
> started making pastry in the form of crescents following the Turkish siege
> of Vienna in 1683.
>
> Just wondering!
>
> Mari
>
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