French Pastries 101: Choux à la vanille
Friday May 11th 2007, 1:14 am
Filed under: art/culture/design, daily life, food and drinks

chou a la vanille

A Parisian pastry chef etoilé (he won the “Best Artisan Patissier in France” award) transplanted himself to Burgundy and just recently opened up shop! (more about him later when I have more info :) )

He created this lovely and delicious pastry, chou à la vanille, a pastry puff filled with vanilla cream (you can see the vanilla beans inside) and topped with a glaze. The colorful, chocolate-covered rice puffs sprinkled on top adds further visual and textural dimensions to the whole pastry. C’est a dire, it’s pretty and yummy.

Related: More French Pastries

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that looks delish!

Comment by Kat 05.11.07 @ 4:31 am

I was just taking a look at this web site full of info and missing the good ol’ French pastries (i am a Frenchman in NYC). Take a look at my video on stereotypes in France and leave me your comments:
http://us.franceguide.com/edito.html?NodeID=931&EditoID=87987

Comment by Gerald 05.11.07 @ 2:29 pm

OMG are you trying to kill me here as I pick at my dismal donut at work??

I could take a bath in that cream…mmmm

Comment by jooree 05.11.07 @ 11:43 pm

i’m sure you can find good ole french pastries in nyc. of course. for a price. :)

Comment by ptinfrance 05.12.07 @ 2:02 am

go get pastries, jooree!!

Comment by ptinfrance 05.12.07 @ 5:14 am

It look so delicious! Make me think about Napoleons…mmm

Comment by Dog 05.16.07 @ 12:03 pm

Oki… Oki.. now you got my mouth watering.. To bad the boulanger is ferme’ right now… Hey.. I dare you to come over to my blog and look at my pastry shots, too… People say they gain weight JUST by looking at the pics… I just wanted to say hi and I just LOVE this pic.. what are those coloured things on top? I have NEVER seen that.. But today, in Paris on the C-E … I walked into Lauderie and looked (drooled over) their yummy pastry section.. Needless to say, I walked out empty-handed! Don’t ask me how I managed that one!!! Ciao, Leesa

Comment by Leesa 05.22.07 @ 1:56 pm

Delicious!! Cute !!
I want to go to France & eat all of them!

Comment by provence's petit grass 05.30.07 @ 1:25 am

Are all the little balls on the top different flavors of choclate?

Comment by Manhattan 08.28.09 @ 12:46 pm

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