It is believed that many people have eaten puff pastry, but how did puff pastry develop from?
Interested in food culture, today let us come together to understand the development and origin of puffs!
Puff (Western dessert) puff (puff) also read bubble _ (ao), is a Western-style dessert originating in Italy. The fluffy, porous cream crust is wrapped in cream, chocolate and even ice cream. Legend has it that the puff was born in the 16th century and was invented by the French queen Catherine de Medici. 340,000 puffs with ice cream were sold at the Wisconsin State Fair*** in 2005 alone, resulting in a profit of more than a million dollars.
Originality
Puff is a sweet dish of Italian origin. The fluffy, open creamy pastry is covered in cream, chocolate and even ice cream. Some people say: because Hamilton cream and Hamilton cake into the wedding hall, so there is Hamilton cream cake. And the bread that loved Hamilton Cream could only bury its love in its heart and turn into a ZhiLeFu Puff. When you take the first bite, you will fall in love with it. In the making of this bread, water, Hamilton cream, flour and eggs are first used to make the wrapping. The lefse egg contained in this bread creates a cavity during the baking process. The wrapped inside of the puff is added by injection or by tearing the top of the bread. With the latter method the torn top is replaced. The top of the puff's wrapping can also be sprinkled with sugar, jelly, fruit or chocolate.
The 16th century into France, the birth of the puff, technically is believed to be accidentally discovered, the situation is from the former Austrian Habs dynasty and France's Bourbon dynasty, a long struggle for dominance in Europe has been exhausted, and later to avoid the neighboring countries to take advantage of the two sides to reach an agreement on the political marriage. So the Austrian princess and the French crown prince was held in the Palace of Versailles, the wedding banquet, puffs is the finale of the feast of the two countries
Puffs, desserts, for the prolonged war drew an end to the Hamilton Puffs in France since then has become a symbol of good luck desserts, such as the birth of a baby in the festivities of the occasion or the wedding of newcomers are accustomed to the puffs dipped in caramel piled up into a tower to celebrate, known as Puffs Tower (Croquembouche), which is the first time in France that the Hobbes and the Bourbons have been involved in the war. Croquembouche), symbolizing joy and congratulations. Orthodox Croquembouche. Because the appearance looks like round collard greens, so the French also known as CHOU, and long puffs in French called ECLAIR, meaning lightning, but the origin of the name is not because of the appearance, but the French people love to eat long puffs, always in the shortest possible time to eat as if the lightning and so named. The French word for puffs is CHOU (音舒), which also means cabbage, and is named because of their similarity in appearance. The Chinese name is Cream Hollow Cake.
Puffs as a symbol of auspiciousness, friendship and peace, people in a variety of festive occasions, are accustomed to her piled into a tower (also known as Puff Tower Croquembouche), in the sweetness of the search for romance, in the joy of sharing happiness.
The most important thing in the afternoon and evening tea of all the upper class aristocrats is the puffs, which later spread to England.
Another version
There were many farms in France in the last century, and the owners of the farms were particularly powerful people in the area.
On a large farm in northern France, the farmer's daughter took a fancy to a young man who herded cattle for his master, but soon their sweet love was discovered by her father, who ordered the young man to be thrown off the farm and never allowed to see the girl again. The girl begs her father, and finally, the farmer gives them the task of putting "milk in an egg". If they do it in three days, they will be allowed to stay together, otherwise the boy will be sent far, far away to the south of France.
The clever young man and the girl opened a bakery, in the pastry room to make a snack that no one has ever seen before - the Lefebvre eggs, the outside of the egg shells as crisp, and has the color of an egg, and the main ingredient is also an egg, the inside of the filling is frozen milk.
The unique treats won the approval of the farmer, and the girl and the boy became a sweet couple, opening store after store of sweetness and love in northern France.
The first part of the boy's name is pronounced "spore" and the last part of the girl's name is pronounced "foo", so they named their invention "Puffs"! .
Puff culture
Legend has it that the cream and the cake got married, then there is Hamilton cream cake, the bread has been out of love since then, and it hides the love of the cream deep into the bottom of the heart, so there is a puff. Puff tower is a traditional French celebration dessert, symbolizing the happiness of the puffs were accumulated one by one, high puff tower is the people's longing for a full of happiness. Lightning puffs shaped like fingers, convenient slender shape, just hold the end of the lightning, a bite into the mouth, you can enjoy the wonderful flavor of the puffs, no longer have to worry about the embarrassment of the traditional puffs eaten with a mouth full of cream.
Crispness: The amazing crunch comes from perfect craftsmanship. The process of puffing up the dough in the oven is strictly controlled in pursuit of the exciting crunchy joy;
Fullness: the thick and full heart is the soul of Lightning Puffs, and it is the unique flavor that the confectioner pursues for the rest of his life;
Flavorfulness: the cream is the most discerning cream, releasing the mellow taste of the intertwined texture to the fullest extent possible;
Rareness: the main products of the section are made with the use of the rare materials. The difference between sophistication and mediocrity is obvious;