Pastries have always been a delicious treat, but have you ever wondered what the top 10 pastries are in the world? Well, let's find out!
There are tons of popular, delicious pastries in the world, but sadly, we’ve had to narrow it down to 10 from tasteatlas.com - let's start!
1: Croissant, France
These crescent, flaky goodness come from France. The croissants were influenced by kipferls, which is a pastry made with a brioche-like dough, and comes from the 13th century, in an Austrian City.
Croissants are made out of butter, flour, sugar, salt, yeast, and milk. They are baked at 375 F and can be made plain, or include nuts, or other fillings, which can be sweet or savory.
2: Mooncake, China
Mooncakes originate from China, and for a long time, mooncakes were used as a gift at the Mid-Autumn Festival. In Chinese culture, roundness symbolizes completeness and togetherness.
Mooncakes are made with a sweet baked dough on the outer part, filled with a red bean paste or lotus seed paste, and salted duck yolks, which represent the full moon - hence "mooncake."
3: Doughnut, United States of America
The doughnut, originated in the US, is a popular sweet treat, most of the time eaten in the morning. Doughnuts go back to Dutch immigrants, in the 17th and 18th century New York. Back then, instead of being called doughnuts, they were called olie koeken or olykoeks, which translates to “oil cakes”. Even though they are similar to the doughnuts we know today, they were not in a ring shape that doughnuts are now recognized for.
Doughnuts are made from milk, active dry yeast, eggs, butter, salt, all-purpose flour, and oil.
4: Börek, Turkiye
Börek is a pastry that can be prepared in various ways – this pastry is placed into a large pan and cut into individual pieces. It is made of a thin, flaky dough, with a variety of fillings, like meat, cheese, spinach, or potatoes, and can be served either hot or cold. Börek is usually served at any time of the day — breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
5: Churros, Spain
Churros – crispy, crunchy, and coated with sugar and cinnamon. These words belong together, don’t you think?
Churros are typically eaten as a snack, or can even be eaten for breakfast, dipped in champurrado, hot chocolate, dulce de leche, or cafe con leche. Churros were introduced in the 1500s, to South America during the Spanish Inquisition.
Churros are made out of flour, baking powder, oil, and boiling water to fry the churro. Then to garnish it, cinnamon and sugar is doused on.
6: Eclair, France
Eclairs are a small, soft log-shaped pastry that is made of choux dough. This desert is also filled with cream, and topped with a sweet icing.
This pastry is named "Eclair" because it means “flash of lightning”, since it is eaten so quickly. Although, some people believe that it is named after the frosting, resembling lightning.
7: Cannoli, Italy
These crispy fried pastry shells are filled with a sweet, creamy, and delicious ricotta cheese that originate from Sicily, Italy.
This sweet treat's name is the plural of “cannoli”, meaning “little tube” in English. Cannolis are served as a dessert, and can be eaten cold or at room temperature.
8: Baklava, Turkiye
Baklava is a dessert that is created with layers of thin phyllo dough, chopped nuts, sweet syrup, butter, and semolina cream.
9: Brioche, France
Brioche originated in France, during the Middle Ages in the Normandy region - a place which it is known for the quality of its butter - and luckily this is a key ingredient in making brioche. Brioche is considered a very expensive bread because typically, butter, eggs, milk, and sugar are not normally found in bread.
10: Chinese crullers (Youtiao), China
This pastry is a common breakfast food in China, which is a Chinese breadsticks that is fried in two and connected in the middle. This pastry is puffy and crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It is similar to a doughnut, but the difference is that the Chinese cruller is not as sugary as donuts, but instead lightly salted.
This pastry is made out of all-purpose flour, eggs, salt, baking powder, milk, unsalted butter, and water.
From France to China, there are so many delicious pastries from all over the world. I hope that this article convinces you to try some of these treats!