French Pastry Recipes

French pastries are downright irresistible. From town to town in France, there seems to be a nearly infinite number of pastry dough recipes. Each region has specially guarded secrets and heritage recipes that make their pastry creations unique compared to their neighbors’. Take, for example, the ubiquitous chocolate éclair that seems to be in every patisserie. One recipe calls for a light dusting of cocoa powder over the chocolate glaze, when another adds just a tablespoon of rum to the vanilla filling. Here is a selection of traditional French pastry dough recipes. Let your imagination go wild and see what great flavor combinations you come up with! Bon appetit!

French Pastry Dough Recipes:

• Basic Choux Pastry Recipe
• Basic Pastry Dough Recipe
• Pate Brisee Recipe
• Pate Sablee Recipe
• Pate Sucree Recipe

Pastry Crust Photo: Jyn Meyer