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The full term is commonly said to be a corruption of French pâte à chaud (lit. ' hot pastry/dough ').The term "choux" has two meanings in the early literature. One is a kind of cheese puff, first documented in the 13th century; the other corresponds to the modern choux pastry and is documented in English, German, and French cookbooks in the 16th century.
A doughnut-shaped choux pastry sometimes filled with custard and topped with icing or glaze. Crab puff Savory Caribbean A choux pastry ball (profiterole) filled with crab paste. Cream puff Sweet U.S. See Profiterole: Croquembouche: Sweet France A French dessert consisting of choux pastry balls piled into a cone and bound with threads of caramel ...
Puff pastry is made using a laminated dough consisting of flour, butter, salt, and water. The pastry rises up due to the water and fats expanding as they turn into steam upon heating. [23] Puff pastry come out of the oven light, flaky, and tender. Choux pastry Choux pastry is a very light pastry that is often filled with cream.
In baking, a flaky pastry (also known as a "quick puff pastry" or "blitz puff pastry") [35] is a light, flaky, unleavened pastry, similar to a puff pastry. The main difference is that in a flaky pastry, large lumps of shortening (approximately 1-in./2½ cm. across), are mixed into the dough, as opposed to a large rectangle of shortening with a ...
Gougères can be made as small pastries, 3–4 cm (1– 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in diameter; aperitif gougères, 10–12 cm (4– 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in); individual gougères; or in a ring. Sometimes they are filled with ingredients such as mushrooms , beef, or ham; in this case the gougère is usually made using a ring or pie tin.
A plate of cream puffs. Cream puffs have appeared on U.S. restaurant menus since at least 1851. [18] The Wisconsin State Fair is known for its giant cream puffs. [19] [20] In Hawaii, coco puffs (not to be confused with Cocoa Puffs) made by Liliha Bakery are a popular dessert.
Baked choux puffs are dipped in caramelized sugar and attached side by side on top of the circle of the pâte à choux. [8] Traditionally granulated sugar was sprinkled directly on the pastry and finished by holding a red hot iron close to the surface, but modern versions may use chocolate-dipped profiterole or dip the puffs in caramel ...
A croquembouche (French: [kʁɔ.kɑ̃.buʃ]) or croque-en-bouche is a French dessert consisting of choux pastry puffs piled into a cone and bound with threads of caramel. In Italy and France, it is often served at weddings, baptisms and First Communions.