Paris-Brest

Description

The Queen of French pastries hold its origin from a story dating back to 1891 when a newspaper editor Pierre Giffard tried to encourage bicycle riding in Brest by launching a race to Paris, which became the famous race on cobblesstones Paris-Brest. He then asked the famous pastry chef Louis Durand to create a pastry to celebrate the race in 1910. The dessert is a circle od choux pastry filled with a hazelnut creme mousseline (creme patissisere whipped with butter) and topped with crunchy hazelnuts and almonds. Size is for 8-10 people.  Special order We can shape the cake as a number (see pictures)