TWD - Pailles

This week's Tuesday with Dorie recipe is Pailles, which apparently means "straws" because these pastries are meant to resemble rows of straw all lined up.

Pailles are made of puff pastry that has been layered with egg wash and sugar, then folded and cut and arranged so there are oodles of individual strips of puff pastry lined up in little squares.  These squares are then baked until crispy, filled with jam, and sprinkled with icing sugar.

I used a pineapple jam made from Helen Goh's recipe for Lunar New Year tarts to fill my Pailles instead of the more traditional berry jam.

I did not expect much of these pastries, and initially thought it was rather mad to take the trouble to do all of the folding and cutting and arranging of the pastry.  However, I was convinced otherwise once tasting them.  The pastry caramelises in the oven and tastes so good.  This was another Dorie surprise hit.

To see what everyone else baked this week and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.