French Pastry Recipes
It is interesting to know that baking started in 8000 B.C. when some brilliant Egyptians tried to mix crushed grains with mortar and pestle. Although they did not come up with something yum that time but still it gave a kick start to the idea of baking. They came up with basic form of unleavened bread, something like the Mexican tortilla. Later in 5000 B.C. they realised that in warm seasons wild yeasts got attracted to multi-grain flour mixes and thus this idea was used to make leavened breads.Did any you know that French pastries are classified into twenty categories such as
- Beignet
- Bichon au citron
- Bugnes
- Canele
- Croissant
- Croquembouche
- Croustade
- Eclair (pastry)
- Financier (pastry)
- Jesuite
- Laduree
- Macaron
- Madeleine (cake)
- Mille-feuille
- Pain au chocolat
- Palmier
- Paris-Brest
- Petit four
- St. Honore Cake
- Viennoiserie
Now let me teach you how to bake some delicious French pastries.
Recipe one: Baked Brie in Puff Pastry Recipe
The approx preparation time is 15 minutes and cooking time is 20 minutes
The following things are required to bake this delicious pastry:
- 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
- 1 round of brie cheese, about 1 pound in size
- 1 egg yolk mixed with 1 tsp water
The process:
- Step 1: The oven must be preheated 400 F.
- Step 2: Before beginning the frozen puff pastry should have come to the room temperature.
- Step 3: Lightly flour puff pastry, and roll out to 1/8-inch thickness.
- Step 4: Then wrap dough around brie and trim away excess pastry. (Do not throw the excess pastry as it will help in making decorative shapes.)
- Step 5: Seal edges by pressing with your fingers.
- Step 6: Place on a baking sheet seam-side down.
- Step7: Attach any decorative pieces of puff pastry in design of your choice which you have made from the left over pastry.
- Step 8: after the above steps are performed, cover it up and refrigerate it up to 48 hours.
- Step 9: When it is ready to bake, brush the puff pastry brie with the egg wash.
(Bake it for 15 to 20 minutes until it turns golden then remove from oven and let it rest for about 20 minutes before serving.)
The brie cheese melts inside the puffy crust for an elegant appetizer. Serve with apple slices, toast rounds, crackers, or other raw vegetables.
Recipe two: Basic Choux Pastry Dough Recipe
This recipe approximately takes 10 minutes to get ready
The following Ingredients are required
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup water
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 eggs
The process
- Step 1: firstly melt the butter in the water, in a medium saucepan.
- Step 2: Then add salt and flour, and stir until a sticky batter is formed.
- Step 3: In order to smoothen the batter, beat in the eggs, one at a time.
This recipe can help you make enough dough for 8 medium-sized pastries.
And by the way this versatile French pastry dough can be used in profiteroles, eclairs, and religiousness.
So enjoy baking and eating the above delicious French pastries. Bon Appetite.
- Shreya Arora
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