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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.
A French pastry shop display Pastry chef with croquembouche Swedish cinnamon rolls Croissants Pastry bag or piping bag A disposable or reusable bag that is often cone-shaped, used to make an even stream of dough, frosting, or flavored substance to form a structure, decorate a baked item, or fill a pastry with a custard, cream, jelly, or other ...
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.
Konditorei is the German word for a pâtisserie or confectionery shop. In Sweden, Norway and Denmark, the term konditori is used and the term konditor for a confectioner has been used since the beginning of the 18th century. [4] [better source needed]
French for "windblown" to describe its lightness, it is a small hollow case of puff pastry. It has been claimed to have been invented by Antonin Carême in his pastry-shop opened in Rue de la Paix, France, in 1803–04. [93] But the pastry is mentioned at least as far back as 1797; [94] its origin then is obscure. Vols-au-vent are typically ...
Beignets from Haute-Savoie. Variations of fried dough can be found across cuisines internationally; however, the origin of the term beignet is specifically French. They were brought to New Orleans in the 18th century by French colonists, [10] from "the old mother country", [12] also brought by Acadians, [13] and became a large part of home-style Creole cooking.
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.
Mille-feuille – French pastry; 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 ...