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History of Pithivers

A Pithiviers is a type of cake or large pastry made in France.

It is usually about 10 inches wide, with a top and buttom crust made out of puff pastry(either blitz or block), with a dense almond paste (“Crème d’amandes) filling inside. The top is rounded and higher than the edges, and slashed, typically in a starburst pattern. It is meant to look like the sun.


WORKS CITED

-Oulton, Randal. “Pithiviers.” CooksInfo.com. Published 06 September 2005; revised 28 June 2009. Web. Accessed 08/5/2020


-Baking and pastry fundamentals, JWU, page 248: pithiviers)



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