Gipfel: the typical Swiss savoury brioche
I have several Swiss foods that drive me crazy. One of them is definitely the typical Swiss savory croissant: the gipfel. I think it is salty because it is made with butter.
Gipfel, which are nothing more than butter croissants, are easily found in Italy too, even though the classic croissant here is sweet and not salty.
Doing some research I found several recipes but I found very little, in Italian, about the origin.
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There are persistent folk tales that mistakenly attribute the origin and shape of the croissant to the celebration of the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the siege of Vienna in 1683 or the siege of Budapest in 1686. According to these stories, a baker who was working at night heard the sound of the Turks digging an underground tunnel. As a reward for saving the city, the baker received the exclusive right to produce crescent-shaped pastries to commemorate the event. However, there are no original contemporary sources to confirm any of these stories.
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