Category Archives: Pastry Recipes

This type of pastry is very thin and often greatly stretched out. As a result, pastries made with phyllo dough are often delicate and can break easily. The dough is made with flour, water, a small amount of oil, and … Continue reading →

Suet pastries or pudding, though not as popular as they used to be, are very tasty. Coming from a British origin, suet pastry is used to make dumplings, sweet and savory puddings and the good old roly-poly puddings. Suet pastry … Continue reading →

Short crust pastry refers to baked products made from flour, fat, salt and water. To make short crust pastry, the flour is first mixed with fat (margarine, shortening, lard, or butter) to form a loose mixture. The mixture is based … Continue reading →

Sometimes referred to as quick, rough or blitz puff pastry, flaky pastry shares a similarity with puff pastry due to the layering, folding and rolling. However, in a flaky pastry, instead of spreading rectangles of shortening or other fat over … Continue reading →

Choux pastry is very light, filled with cream and sometimes topped with chocolate. Choux pastry is a popular French specialty that is made of only flour, butter, water and eggs. To make choux pastry, a mixture of milk and water … Continue reading →

France is not only famous for its beautiful sights but for its many patisseries as well. Its cities are overflowing with the most delicious looking sweet treats that people find it hard to resist not getting their daily fix for … Continue reading →

Anyone who loves to eat breads and pastries knows how the presence of raisins in the dough can greatly improve its taste. The advantage of using raisins when making bread and pastries is it is cheap but tastes very well … Continue reading →

Puff pastry is used in a variety of popular desserts and brings a unique taste to pastries. Unlike most pastries, puff pastry desserts are made without the use of leavening; not yeast or baking powder. Yet puff pastry desserts still … Continue reading →

Italy is known for its mouthwatering food; from the myriad pasta dishes to the delicious Risottos, eating in Italy is a culinary delight. Italian desserts and pastries have achieved a distinction that is all theirs. The sweet deliciousness of snacks … Continue reading →

The Art of Preparing Delicious Pastries without Protein Composite Maybe you already know that gluten is a protein composite which appears in different foods that are processed from wheat. This protein composite is meant to give dough the necessary elasticity … Continue reading →