Types of French Pastry
Types Of French Pastry is a structured food & drink dataset with 20 entries. Its fields include Pastry, Dough Type, Filling. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 20 rows
- Fields
- 5 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Apr 9, 2026
Included fields: Pastry, Dough Type, Filling, Origin Era, Known For.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
No reliable range or grouping can be calculated from the loaded rows without interpreting the source data.
Useful for
- Comparing Pastry, Dough Type, and Filling across food & drink entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 20 downloadable records
Pastry↕ | Dough Type↕ | Filling↕ | Origin Era↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Croissant | Laminated yeast dough | None (plain butter) | 1830s Vienna-Paris | Flaky crescent, 27+ layers of butter and dough, French breakfast icon |
Pain au Chocolat | Laminated yeast dough | Dark chocolate batons | 19th century | Croissant dough wrapped around chocolate, also called chocolatine in SW France |
Eclair | Pate a choux | Pastry cream | Mid-19th century Lyon | Chocolate, coffee, or vanilla glazed, oblong choux shell |
Profiterole | Pate a choux | Ice cream or cream | 16th century | Small choux balls served with hot chocolate sauce |
Mille-Feuille | Puff pastry | Pastry cream, vanilla | 17th century | Thousand leaves, three puff layers with cream and fondant top |
Paris-Brest | Pate a choux | Praline mousseline | 1910 | Wheel-shaped for Paris-Brest bicycle race, hazelnut praline cream |
Opera Cake | Joconde almond sponge | Coffee buttercream, ganache | 1955 Dalloyau | 7 thin layers, mirror chocolate glaze, elegant rectangle |
Tarte Tatin | Shortcrust | Caramelized apples | 1880s Sologne | Upside-down apple tart, Stephanie Tatin accident masterpiece |
Macaron | Almond meringue | Ganache or buttercream | 16th century/1830 modern | Parisian sandwich cookie, Laduree and Pierre Herme popularized |
Canele | Rum-vanilla custard batter | None (custard center) | 18th century Bordeaux | Dark caramelized crust, tender custard interior, beeswax mold |
Madeleine | Genoise-style batter | None | 18th century Lorraine | Shell-shaped tea cake, Proust's In Search of Lost Time reference |
Kouign-Amann | Laminated yeast with sugar | None (caramelized sugar) | 1860 Douarnenez | Breton butter cake, sugar caramelizes into crackling crust |
Saint-Honore | Puff + choux | Chiboust or chantilly cream | 1846 Paris | Named for patron saint of bakers, caramel-dipped choux puffs |
Religieuse | Pate a choux | Pastry cream | 1856 Paris | Nun-shaped stack of two choux puffs with buttercream collar |
Tarte au Citron | Sweet shortcrust | Lemon curd | Classic bistro era | Silky lemon custard tart, sometimes meringue-topped |
Galette des Rois | Puff pastry | Frangipane almond cream | 14th century | Epiphany cake with hidden feve, finder is crowned king for the day |
Chausson aux Pommes | Puff pastry | Apple compote | 16th century Tours | Apple turnover, scored fan pattern, breakfast staple |
Financier | Brown butter almond batter | None | 1890s Paris | Gold bar shape for Paris financial district, nutty beurre noisette |
Pithiviers | Puff pastry | Almond cream | 17th century | Round scored puff pastry pie, precursor to galette des rois |
Clafoutis | Flan-like batter | Whole black cherries | 19th century Limousin | Custard-batter cherry bake, pits traditionally left in |
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This dataset contains 20 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
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