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Pastries on display at a bakery (boulangerie) in Lille, France Pastries from a bakery in Montreal, Quebec. A pâtisserie (French:), 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.
List of French dishes – common desserts and pastries Pâtisserie – a French or Belgian bakery that specializes in pastries and sweets . In both countries it is a legally controlled title that may only be used by bakeries that employ a licensed maître pâtissier (master pastry chef).
The concept of using flour and fat to create a pastry dough can be traced back to ancient civilizations, but it was the French who refined and popularized the technique. The recipe for pâte brisée is believed to have evolved from a medieval pastry called " coffin " or "coffyn," which was a sturdy, vessel-like pastry used to encase and cook ...
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.
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.
Kouign-amann (/ ˌ k w iː n æ ˈ m ɑː n /; Breton: [ˌkwiɲ aˈmãn]; pl. kouignoù-amann) is a sweet, round Breton laminated dough pastry, originally made with bread dough (nowadays sometimes viennoiserie dough), containing layers of butter and incorporated sugar, similar in fashion to puff pastry albeit with fewer layers.
The tarte Tatin (French pronunciation: [taʁt tatɛ̃]), named after the Tatin sisters who invented it and served it in their hotel as its signature dish, is a pastry in which the fruit (usually apples) is caramelized in butter and sugar before the tart is baked. It originated in France but has spread to other countries over the years.
Galette (from the Norman word gale, meaning "flat cake") is a term used in French cuisine to designate various types of flat round or freeform crusty cakes, [1] or, in the case of a Breton galette (French: Galette bretonne [galɛt bʁətɔn]; Breton: Krampouezhenn gwinizh du), a pancake made with buckwheat flour usually with a savoury filling.