Canneles. Discuss.

[zammdogg]

Hey, all,

Looking for cannelles in the New Haven/Western MA area, am willing to travel. Have you experienced such a delight? What do you think?

FR

[andytee]

They are awesome, the best one I have had in New England might be the one at Crema Cafe in Harvard Square, Cambridge. Had one from a baker at the Brattleboro Farmer's Market two Saturdays ago, not worth the calories.

I'd love to find something good in Western MA, don't know of any though.

[zammdogg]

Bahhh, that's so far! What a shame. Yeah, I'm dying to find some. I know Trader Joe's carries them, but I've never seen them in person.

[andytee]

I have my doubts that a Trader Joe's cannelle would impress. I know Cambridge is a trek, but keep those cannelles in mind if you ever have to pahk your cah in Hahvahd Yahd.

[philbkr]

Now that's a new one for me--what exactly is a cannelle?

[andytee]

when in doubt look to google:
http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/gu...

[andytee]

or here - http://www.chow.com/stories/12156?tag...

[philbkr]

Ah, so it's "cah-ne-lay" (accent on last syllable?). By any name, they look absolutely delicious. Thanks for the enlightenment! (I know about quenelles but cannelles stumped me.)

[mjoyous]

Am not an aficionado of canneles, but Trader Joe's frozen chocolate croissants are as good as (and I've always thought were the sames as) those sold through Williams Sonoma at about 4 times the price, so maybe their frozen canneles are worth looking into, at least for price and convenience.

[opinionatedchef]

The Tr Js in the Boston area used to sell chocolate canneles and regular canneles, frozen. When reheated, they were as good as the best i have had (san fran.) but our TrJ don't have them any more. Crispy/crunchy on the outside layer, revealing bready, chewy, slightly baked-pudding like vanilla scented interior. Laborious to make because of long process and need to paraffin-coat the molds.