French Pastries by Ella Korkus

macaron

ek406 — 2025-01-30 18:07:29 UTC

A meringue-based sandwich cookie made with almond flour, egg whites, confectioners' sugar, and food coloring.

paris-brest

ek406 — 2025-01-30 18:09:32 UTC

Almond-studded baked ring of pate a chouix that's split in half horizontally, liberally filled with praline crème mousseline—a heady mixture of vanilla pastry cream, nutty praline paste, and whipped butter—and finished with a dusting of powdered sugar.

saint-honore

ek406 — 2025-01-30 18:10:23 UTC

Choux balls are placed around the edge of the ring of puff pastry and crème pâtissière fills the centre.

tarte bourdaloue

ek406 — 2025-01-30 18:11:49 UTC

pear and almond tart found in many patisseries

millefeuille

ek406 — 2025-01-30 18:13:33 UTC

the classic French dessert that typically consists of three layers of crisp, delicate puff pastry stacked with vanilla pastry cream and is topped with a dusting of confectioners' sugar.

l'opera

ek406 — 2025-01-30 18:14:46 UTC

It is made with layers of almond sponge cake soaked in coffee syrup, layered with ganache and coffee French buttercream, and covered in a chocolate glaze.

galette Des rois

ek406 — 2025-01-30 18:15:49 UTC

Composed of a puff pastry cake, with a small charm, the fève, hidden inside, it is usually filled with frangipane, a cream made from sweet almonds, butter, eggs and sugar.

la religieuse

ek406 — 2025-01-30 18:16:39 UTC

a French pastry made of a small choux pastry case stacked on top of a larger one, both filled with crème pâtissière, commonly flavoured with chocolate or mocha.

What would I eat for dessert?

ek406 — 2025-01-30 18:17:35 UTC

I would eat macarons. I've had them before multiple times and I really like them. They're sweet but not too sweet and there's a bunch of different flavors.