Pastry consists of the preparation of various kinds of sweet foods.
The term pastry shop refers to the establishment where different types of sweet foods are produced or sold, such as cakes , cakes , pies , invoices and others.
For example: «Please go to the bakery and buy a strawberry cake before Grandma Mirta arrives» , «Entering this bakery is a temptation! Everything it offers seems delicious to me," "The first thing I learned when I started working in my father's bakery was how to decorate cakes."
Famous pastry products
There are many types of cakes that are made in bakeries and by professionals. However, there are some that have become essential in all these establishments. This would be the case, for example, of the following:
-Apple pie, which has Anglo-Saxon origin and has the appearance of a baked pie.
-Cupcakes, which are now experiencing a real boom around the world. They are small in size and are made using ingredients such as flour, sugar, egg or butter.
-Croissant. It is also known by the name of crab or cuernito and has Austrian origin. It is made in puff pastry and uses both butter and yeast.
Preparations for special dates
It must be taken into account that in the pastry shops in different cities it is common that on certain dates they offer their customers the possibility of tasting products that are very typical. Thus, for example, in Spain, proposals as tasty as these are put on sale:
-Torrija, which is typical of Holy Week. It consists of a slice of bread, soaked in milk and fried in oil, after being coated in egg.
-Roscón de reyes. At Christmas, specifically on the eve of Three Kings' Day, people choose to buy this sweet in pastry shops, which is a round-shaped bun decorated with pieces of candied fruit. It is usually filled with cream, cream or chocolate. It has the peculiarity that inside it keeps figurines of different kinds.
-Bacon from heaven. This sweet, typical of Cádiz, is more than 500 years old and is made with egg yolk and sugar.
Cakes or cakes are among the most popular pastry products.
Other uses of the term pastry
The notion of pastry, however, is not only used to name the place where desserts and sweets are made and/or sold, but it is also used to name the group formed by this type of food and the knowledge and techniques linked to it. to its preparation.
"My granddaughter wants to study pastry," "I'm going to learn pastry to start a business," "The best thing about this restaurant is its pastry" and "Greek pastry stands out for its abundant use of honey" are examples of these uses of the notion.
Most used ingredients
Among the most commonly used ingredients in pastry, there are chocolate , vanilla , cream , sugar , yeast , flour , lard or butter and eggs . The use of fruits , nuts and meringue is also frequent.
Unlike other culinary specialties, pastry pays great attention to the decoration and presentation of its preparations. The same cake can turn out very different depending on the decorative skills of the baker.
It should be noted that there are establishments known by other names that also sell cakes and sweets, such as bakeries and sweet shops .