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A baguette (/ bæˈɡɛt /; French: [baɡɛt] ⓘ) is a long, thin type of bread of French origin [3] that is commonly made from basic lean dough (the dough, not the shape, is defined by French law). [4] It is distinguishable by its length and crisp crust. A baguette has a diameter of about 5 to 6 cm (2– 2⁄ in) and a usual length of about ...
Pâtisserie. A pâtisserie (French: [pɑtisʁi]), patisserie in English or pastry shop in American English, is a type of bakery that specializes in pastries and sweets. In French, the word pâtisserie also denotes a pastry as well as pastry-making. While the making and selling of pastries may often be only one part of the activity of a bakery ...
A croissant (UK: / ˈkrwʌsɒ̃, ˈkrwæsɒ̃ /, [ 1 ] US: / krəˈsɒnt, krwɑːˈsɒ̃ /; French: [kʁwasɑ̃] ⓘ) is a French pastry made from puff pastry in a crescent shape. [ 2 ] It is a buttery, flaky, viennoiserie pastry inspired by the shape of the Austrian kipferl, but using the French yeast-leavened laminated dough. [ 3 ]
The phrase "let them eat cake" is often conventionally attributed to Marie Antoinette, although there is no evidence that she ever uttered it, and it is now generally regarded as a journalistic cliché. [2] The French phrase mentions brioche, a bread enriched with butter and eggs, considered a luxury food. The quote is taken to reflect either ...
Brioche. Brioche (/ ˈbriːoʊʃ /, also UK: / ˈbriːɒʃ, briːˈɒʃ /, [1] US: / briːˈoʊʃ, ˈbriːɔːʃ, briːˈɔːʃ /, [2][3][4] French: [bʁijɔʃ]) is a pastry of French origin whose high egg and butter content gives it a rich and tender crumb. The chef Joël Robuchon described it as "light and slightly puffy, more or less fine ...
A bakery is an establishment that produces and sells flour-based baked goods made in an oven such as bread, cookies, cakes, doughnuts, bagels, pastries, and pies. [1] Some retail bakeries are also categorized as cafés, serving coffee and tea to customers who wish to consume the baked goods on the premises. In some countries, a distinction is ...
Madeleine (cake) The madeleine (French pronunciation: [mad.lɛn], English: / ˈmædleɪn / or / ˌmædlˈeɪn / [1]) or petite madeleine ([pə.tit mad.lɛn]) is a traditional small cake from Commercy and Liverdun, two communes of the Lorraine region in northeastern France. Madeleines are very small sponge cakes with a distinctive shell -like ...
Pastry refers to a variety of doughs (often enriched with fat or eggs), as well as the sweet and savoury baked goods made from them. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] These goods are often called pastries as a synecdoche, and the dough may be accordingly called pastry dough for clarity. [ 4 ] Sweetened pastries are often described as bakers' confectionery.