Religieuse

A religieuse (French pronunciation: [ʁəliʒjøz] (listen)) is a French pastry made of a small choux pastry case stacked on top of a larger one, both filled with crème pâtissière, commonly flavoured with chocolate or mocha.[1] Each case is topped with a ganache of the same flavour as the filling, then attached to each other using piped buttercream icing. It is a type of éclair.[2]

This article is about the pastry. For other uses, see La Religieuse (disambiguation).
Religieuse
Religieuses au chocolat
Religieuses au chocolat
CourseDessert
Place of originFrance
Main ingredientsFlour and crème pâtissière

The pastry, whose name means "nun", is supposed to represent the papal mitre. The religieuse was supposedly conceived in the mid-nineteenth century; choux pastry was invented in the 16th century.

See also

References
  1. "une religieuse, un éclair". Pretty Tasty Cakes. 2008-08-31. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  2. Monday (2010-03-08). "Seeking Sweetness in Everyday Life - CakeSpy - Ultra Violet: The Blackcurrant Violet Religieuse from Laduree, Paris". CakeSpy. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
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