Paris Croissant and Traditional Breakfast Pastry Class

Highlights

Receive personalized attention from a professional chef
Discover the secrets behind French pastries
Feast on the fruits of your labor after you've finished cooking

Summary

After 3 hours spent with our chef, you will have acquired the know-how to make croissants that are light, crispy on the outside and melt-in-your-mouth soft on the inside. You will learn and perform each step in making classic butter croissants and pain au chocolat (chocolate-filled croissants). You will learn some specific techniques : • Make the Beurrage: to add butter to the dough that is called pâton. • Pâton : the block of croissant dough after the butter has been folded into the detrempe to form an envelope. • Make the turns: to give turns to the croissant dough (pâton) by rolling the dough and folding it. • Feuilleter (to make into leaves): enclosing the butter in a layer of dough and folding and rolling the dough to form thin layers or leaves. • Follow "la pousse" (the fermentation and the rising) : the expansion of the fermented dough caused by the yeast during the rising.

Tour info

Duration

3 hours

Why take this tour?

Rather than just eating French croissants and pastries, take the secrets behind the recipes home with you following a cooking class in Paris. This hands-on cultural experience—which proves ideal for families and food lovers—promises personalized attention from your guide by limited to the group size to only eight participants.

What’s included?

Professional French Chef
Pastry course and tasting
Small groups of maximum 6 participants
English language copy of the recipes
Aprons
All cooking equipment
Take home bags
Gratuities
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Transportation to/from attractions

Things to know

Before you book

Duration: 3h
Mobile tickets accepted

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

Operator Website

Operated by:

Patisserie a la Carte

About operator:

Fair prices, direct booking on our own website. Enrich your culinary knowledge : take a pastry class to learn how to do croissant, French pastry/desserts, brioche, choux puff pastry, macaron, puff pastry... and discover the great secrets and the neat little tricks that make French patisserie an unsurpassed Art. Learn the simple but precise techniques that make croissants incomparably crispy on the outside and melt-in-your-mouth soft on the inside, and finally find out why you have to wait a bit before tasting a macaron.The courses taught in english by our French chef, accommodate a maximum of 6 participants, which allows her to give each student personal attention in a convivial, warm atmosphere. At the end of each course, you'll be able to taste your patisserie creations on the spot with a cup of coffee or tea, or take them with you to prolong the moment of gourmet pleasure.