Posted on 12/09/2017 2:03:31 PM PST by heterosupremacist
(recipes at link) Pastry is a name given to a large variety baked goods which are made with ingredients such as flour, sugar, milk, butter, shortening, baking powder and eggs.
Pastry dough is rolled out thinly and then used as a base for different baked products. A few of the more common bakery items include pies, tarts, quiches and pasties.
Culinary historians often consider French pastry chef Antonin Careme (1784 – 1833) to have been the original great master of pastry making in modern times...
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When I was in grammar school there was a small pastry shop just off campus. It was run by two slightly plump sisters.
Mother would give me a nickel every day so I could buy a “Long John”. They were the best pastry I have ever had to this day.
Just one day? Deserves at least a month.
Split a Napoleon on the weekends with our coffee.
Damn things will be death of me.
I’m not complaining.
Yummm....I hope all had a great pastry day today....
My cholesterol count went up just by looking at that picture.
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