Religieuse

This article is about the pastry. For other uses, see La Religieuse (disambiguation).
Religieuse
Course Dessert
Place of origin France
Main ingredients Flour and crème pâtissière
Cookbook: Religieuse  Media: Religieuse

Religieuse is a French pastry made of two choux pastry cases, one larger than the other, filled with crème pâtissière, mostly commonly chocolate or mocha.[1] Each case is covered in a ganache of the same flavor as the filling, and then joined decorated with piped buttercream frosting.

The pastry, whose name means "Nun", is supposed to represent the papal mitre. Religieuse itself was supposedly conceived in the mid-nineteenth century, but the first version of the batter was invented in 1540 by Panterelli, the Florentine chef of the Florentine queen of France, Catherine de' Medici. After subsequent iterations, the batter finally took its current form in the early 18th century in the kitchens of Marie-Antoine Carême, "The King of Chefs and the Chef of Kings".[2] Religieuse is a type of éclair.[3]

The film The Grand Budapest Hotel features a bakery that specializes in the fictional Courtesan au Chocolat, a parody of the religieuse, comprising three layers rather than two. The name "Courtesan", or escort, is also a parody of the name "Religieuse", or nun.

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References

  1. ↑ "une religieuse, un éclair". Pretty Tasty Cakes. 2008-08-31. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  2. ↑ je parle américain, the online diary of an American in Paris (2011-07-25). "La Religieuse — "The Nun" « je parle américain". Jeparleamericain.com. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  3. ↑ Monday (2010-03-08). "Seeking Sweetness in Everyday Life - CakeSpy - Ultra Violet: The Blackcurrant Violet Religieuse from Laduree, Paris". CakeSpy. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
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