National Pastry Day
National Pastry Day honors one of the world's most popular baked goods. On December 9th, stop by your local bakery and pick up one or two of your favorite flavors.
The pastry is a term used to describe a large number of baked goods that are made with ingredients such as flour, sugar, milk, butter, shortening, baking powder, and eggs. The pastry dough is rolled out thinly and then used as a base for many baked items. Pies, tarts, quiches, and pasties are just a few of the more common bakery items. re used to make both savory and sweet dishes. In addition, they continue to produce new and delicious creations all the time.
- Pastries can be traced as far back as the ancient Mediterranean, where they had almost paper-thin, multilayered baklava, and Phyllo dough
- Since the Crusaders restored it to Northern Europe, pastry-making in Northern Europe began
- When 17th and 18th-century chefs introduced new dishes to the table, French and Italian Renaissance chefs eventually perfected the puff and choux pastries. Napoleons, cream puffs, and eclairs were among the inventive dishes included in the innovative recipes
Antonin Careme (1784–1833) is often considered the first great master of pastry making in modern times by Culinary historians.
Many different types of pastry bakeries bake baked goods that make our mouths water. We're talking about it. Most of them fall into one of the following categories: Most of them fall into one of the following categories:
- Shortcrust pastry – the easiest and most popular
- Similar to the shortcrust but sweeter, the Sweetcrust pastry is similar to the shortcrust but sweeter
- Crisp pastry – a simple pastry that expands when cooked
- When baked, Puff pastry – has several layers that cause it to puff
- Choux pastry – a light pastry that is often filled with cream or other fillings
- Phyllo pastry – a paper-thin pastry dough that is used in several layers – is used in several layers
How to celebrate #nationalpastryday
Get baking! Get to it! Select your favorite dishes from the list below, or try one of the delectable ones listed below. If you're baking, be sure to bring someone over to help you enjoy the delectable results. Another way to commemorate is to visit your local bakery and shouting them out. It's one of the easiest ways to #CelebrateEveryDay. When you do, be sure to use #NationalPastryDay and post it on social media..
Pastry FAQ
Why do recipes call for cold butter when making pastries?
A. Cold butter helps ensure that the final product is both light and flaky. For example, the butter helps create those layers called laminating when kneading dough for pie crust, croissants, and puff pastry. When baked, those little bits of butter melt, creating pockets of air and separate layers. If warm butter is used, there's nothing left to melt when the pastry goes into the oven, resulting in a denser product.
Q. What is a shortcrust pastry? Shortcrust recipes are made using a 3:2:1 flour, fat, and water ratio. This pastry, as the name implies, is used to make crusts for pies, tarts, quiche, and hand pies.
Are pastries savory or sweet? Q. Is pastries savory or sweet?
A. Pastries are both savory and sweet. Examples of savory pastry recipes include pot pies, hand pies, pizza crust, biscuits, and tarts. The same pastries that we use for savory dishes can also be used to make fruit, chocolate, and cream desserts.
