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Poirat du Berry
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher. Indre. Berry.
Pear pie lightly scented with spices (innamon, clove, pepper).
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France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher. Indre. Berry.
Pear pie lightly scented with spices (innamon, clove, pepper).
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Poached pears in syrup, served with vanilla ice cream, melted chocolate, and crystallized violets.
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Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.
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France.
Apple coated with a hard red caramel and held at the end of a stick.
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Mixture of caramelized and crushed almonds and hazelnuts.
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Bavarois : chilled molded dessert made with custard or fruit purée, combined with whipped cream and gelatin.
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Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.
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Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.
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Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.
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Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.
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Russia.
Variety of praline mille-feuille.
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Macaron filled with praline cream.
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Knot-shaped bread or brioche covered with coarse salt.
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Small choux pastry puffs filled with pastry cream or vanilla ice cream, often served with whipped cream.
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Small choux pastry puffs filled with pastry cream or vanilla ice cream, and covered in chocolate.
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Round, hollowed-out pastry made from puff or choux pastry, filled with jam (apricot, raspberry, or redcurrant jelly) or pastry cream, and topped with caramel or powdered sugar.