Patisserie

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Pâtisserie

Type of bakery specializing in pastries and sweets

A pâtisserie (French pronunciation: [pɑtisʁi]), patisserie in English or pastry shop in American English, is a type of bakery that specializes in pastries and sweets. In French, the word pâtisserie also denotes a pastry as well as pastry-making.

This article is about pastry shops. For an article about pastries, see pastry.
Pastries on display at a bakery (boulangerie) in Lille, France
Pastries from a bakery in Montreal, Quebec

While the making and selling of pastries may often be only one part of the activity of a bakery,[lower-alpha 1] in some countries pâtisserie or its equivalents are legally controlled titles which may only be used by bakeries that employ a licensed "master pastry chef" (French: maître pâtissier; Dutch: meester banketbakker; German: Konditormeister). For example, in France and Belgium, the maître pâtissier is a pastry chef who has completed a lengthy training process, typically an apprenticeship, and passed a written examination.[1]

In other countries

In Bangladeshi languages the term in common usage is called pâtis in its shortened form. In Korean and Japanese, the term pâtisserie is used as well (Japanese: パティスリー, romanized: patisurī, Korean: 파티스리, romanized: patiseuri).

In France and Canada, the term pâtisserie also refers to the pastries produced by a pâtissier. Mass-produced pastries are also sometimes called pâtisserie.

In Australia and Lebanon, pâtisserie is used commonly along with the words bakery or pastry shop.[citation needed]

In Britain, morning goods are pastries, scones, and other products which are baked and sold fresh each day.

In Croatia, the term slastičarnica is used to denote a patisserie that makes cakes and sweet pastries. The word pekarnica is used for a bakery that bakes savory products such as bread as well as savory and sweet rolls.

In Hungary, the term cukrászda is used to refer to a pâtisserie.

In Poland, there are two terms commonly used to refer to shops making and selling sweet baked goods: cukiernia (from cukier 'sugar') and ciastkarnia (from ciastko 'pastry', diminutive form of ciasto 'cake', 'dough').

In Portugal, they are known as pastelaria. Other terms used are patisseria, confeitaria, doçaria, and doceria.

In Spain, pastelería. Synonyms: dulcería, panadería, tortería, and repostería.

In Italy, pasticceria (Italian pronunciation: [pastitt͡ʃeˈria]).

In Dutch, banketbakkerij. The word banketgebak is used for the confections sold in such an establishment.

See also

Notes

  1. French: boulangerie; Dutch: bakkerij; German: Bäckerei

References

  1. [1]
    Prais, S. J. (1995). Productivity, education, and training: an international perspective. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 35. ISBN 0-521-55667-8.
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