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French galette des rois (kings' cake). Frangipane (/ ˈ f r æ n dʒ ɪ p æ n,-p eɪ n / FRAN-jih-pa(y)n) is a sweet almond-flavoured custard, typical in French pastry, used in a variety of ways, including cakes and such pastries as the Bakewell tart, conversation tart, Jésuite and pithivier. [1]
A Jésuite is a triangular, flaky pastry filled with frangipane cream and topped with sliced almonds and powdered sugar. [1] The pastry originated in France and the name refers to the triangular shape of a Jesuit's hat. [2] A similarly-named sweet pastry known in Portugal and Spain, the jesuíta, consists of puff pastry filled with custard. [3]
Filling recipes also vary; some examples are an orange-flavored ricotta filling, almond paste or candied peel of citron. Italian-American bakeries, especially in the New York City area, created a cousin pastry to the sfogliatelle in the 1900s called a "lobster tail" or "egg plant" version.
While the recipe for the Portuguese variant is very consistent with the original French one, both in look, flavour, and size, there are two additional alternatives. The first is just a bigger version of the mille-feuille , with additional layers and probably more cream, being commonly 5-7 cm in height.
Calissons are a traditional French candy consisting of a smooth, pale yellow, homogeneous paste of candied fruit (especially melons and oranges) and ground almonds topped with a thin layer of royal icing. [1] They have a texture similar to that of marzipan, but with a fruitier, distinctly melon-like flavour.
Baba ghanoush – an eggplant (aubergine) based paste; Date paste – used as a pastry filling; Funge de bombo – a manioc paste used in northern Angola, and elsewhere in Africa; Guava paste; Hilbet – a paste made in Ethiopia and Eritrea from legumes, mainly lentils or faba beans, with garlic, ginger and spices [5]
It Italy it is known as "pasta di mandorle". The soft paste is molded into creative shapes by pastry chefs which can be used as cake decorations or to make frutta martorana. [5] Almond paste is the main ingredient of the traditional French calisson candy in Aix-en-Provence. [citation needed] In Turkey, almond paste is traditionally made in Edirne.
Viennoiseries (French: [vjɛnwazʁi]; English: "things in the style of Vienna") are French baked goods made from a yeast-leavened dough in a manner similar to bread, or from puff pastry, but with added ingredients (particularly eggs, butter, milk, cream and sugar), which give them a richer, sweeter character that approaches that of pastry. [1]