Makes around 22 - 24 crostini

You can customize this soup any way you like. For example, remove the peas and add celery, or even add only celery instead of peas and corn...

"Vegetarian and frugal it may be, but the chickpea is one of the most versatile ingredients you could keep in your cupboards." - Yotam Ottolenghi

You can use any meat for these patties. I prefer a mixture of beef, pork and veal in a 1:1:1 ratio.

Croissants, though famously French, actually trace their roots to Vienna, Austria! Their ancestor is the kipferl, a crescent-shaped pastry that dates back to at least the 13th century. Legend says Viennese bakers created it to celebrate the defeat of the Ottoman Turks — the crescent shape imitating the symbol on the Ottoman flag.