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Nonnette (dessert) – French gingerbread cake; Pain au chocolat – Viennoiserie sweet roll (also called Chocolatine in the South part of France) Pain aux raisins – French pastry; Palmier – French pastry; Paris–Brest – Pastry; Petit four – French confection; Puits d'amour – French pastry filled with cream or jelly
La Maison Stohrer is credited as the oldest pâtisserie in Paris. [1] [2] It was founded in 1730 by Nicolas Stohrer. [1]Stohrer worked as pastry chef to Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. [1]
Saint-honoré cake cross-section. The St. Honoré cake, usually known by its French name gâteau St-Honoré, and also sometimes called St. Honoratus cake, [1] is a pastry dessert named for the French patron saint of bakers and pastry chefs, Saint Honoré or Honoratus (d. 600 AD), Bishop of Amiens. [2]
The pastry, round, i.e. wheel-shaped, was created in 1910 by Louis Durand, pâtissier of Maisons-Laffitte, at the request of Pierre Giffard, to commemorate the 1,200 km (750 mi) Paris–Brest–Paris bicycle race he had initiated in 1891. [1]
French language and culture distinguish pastry baking (pâtisserie) from bread baking (boulangerie), and this show only features the former. So for each challenge, the bakers must show mastery of different styles of pâtisserie--- cakes, gateaux, desserts, entremets, pies, tortes, etc., to make something fitting the theme and the limits of the ...
The Best Macarons. Macrons are petit, colorful French meringue sandwich cookies. Recognizable for their smooth top and ruffled “foot,” macarons (pronounced mac-ah-ROHN) are made in many colors.
In 1993, Groupe Holder took over Ladurée. [7] The Holder family also owns the PAUL bakery chain in France. Following the takeover, the company began an expansion drive to turn Ladurée from the single rue Royale bakery into a chain, setting up pastry shops and tea rooms on the Champs-Élysées and in Le Printemps Haussmann in 1997, followed by Ladurée Bonaparte in 2002.
The Nonnette is a French pastry, translating literally to "little nuns". It is a small gingerbread cake made of honey, rye flour, and usually filled with orange marmalade or honey. It is also typically glazed with a mixtures of egg whites, sugar, and lemon juice, and is frequently served during Christmastime. [1]