Choux Pastry (Pâte à Choux)
Choux Pastry or Pâte à Choux (pronounced pata shoo) is, to me, one of the easiest pastries to make – ever! So many people are under the mistaken impression that it’s a difficult and lengthy process but how does 10…
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Profiteroles
Profiteroles are made with choux pastry and are often filled with whipped cream, pastry cream and sometimes ice cream (my favourite) and drizzled with chocolate sauce and/or icing sugar. It’s a very popular party dessert here in the UK, particularly…
Pâte Sucrée (Sweet Shortcrust Pastry)
Pâte Sucrèe means Sweet Dough in French and is a light, crumbly, sweet shortcrust pastry that we usually associate with fruit tarts. Once it’s baked, it’s sturdy enough to stand on its own, without the tin it was baked in.…