SIMPLICITY Pastry Terms

It is a smooth preparation made by combining aerated eggs, fruit or chocolate, then folding in whipped cream

• praline

• ganache

• marzipan

• mousse

It is crunchy topping of butter, sugar and flour used on various pastries; optionally, may contain nuts, oats, spices and other items.

• marzipan

• praline

• streusel

• coulis

It is a small round cake with a meringue-like consistency, made with egg whites, sugar, and powdered almonds and consisting of two halves sandwiching a creamy filling. This is a sandwich cookie made with two feather-light meringues held together by ganache, buttercream or preserves

• biscuit

• brioche

• pate a choux

• macaron

It is a batter made of egg whites and yolks that are whipped separately, then folded together

• brioche

• Brioche à tête

• biscuit

• macaron

It is made by beating sugar and egg whites until they become stiff; variations can be achieved by adjusting the proportions and the temperature

of the ingredients (to change the consistency from soft to firm) and by adding

flavorings

• mousse

• macaron

• ganache

• meringue

It is made with a puff pastry dough that results to light, flaky and buttery. These are usually baked in crescent shape and contains small amount of yeast to aid the leavening.

• brioche

• pate a choux

• Crème patisserie

• croissant

It is a fruit purée strained to a thin consistency and sweetened with sugar syrup.

• mousse

• coulis

• ganache

• choux paste

It is a filling or coating made from chocolate and heavy cream or sometimes butter; a whipped filling of chocolate and cream, used in desserts such as cakes and truffles.

• mousse

• streusel

• coulis

• ganache

The name of this pastry comes from the resemblance to little cabbages when the puffs come out of the oven.

• Patisserie

• Pâte à choux

• Crème patisserie

• Brioche à tête

It is a mixture of almond paste, sugar and corn syrup molded to make candies and ornaments or rolled into a sheet and used to cover cakes.

• marzipan

• praline

• streusel

• coulis