These Pailles are sugar-dusted puff pastry sandwich cookies with a raspberry jam filling. A delectable French dessert you can easily make in your own home.
Oh, Dorie Greenspan. Who doesn't love her? She recently released another fabulous cookbook, Baking Chez Moi: Recipes from My Paris Home to Your Home Anywhere
. It is such a beautiful book, loaded with French desserts that are do-able in your own kitchen.
I'm always intimidated with French cooking and baking, and even eating the delicate desserts shakes my feathers. The reason is because I'm just not that knowledgeable of the cuisine. Dorie's book brings it down a notch and lets you feel comfortable opening the door of your home to welcome French baking.
I accepted a challenge to bake a recipe from Baking Chez Moi, and I couldn't be more thrilled with the results. But, first, let me tell you about how drawn into this book I was while flipping through the pages. I found myself stopping and reading, even though I really didn't have the time and should've been running out the door to run my errands before picking up my kids. Dorie includes wonderful storytelling and clear instructions that put you at ease when trying a new technique.
These Pailles can be made with store-bought refrigerated puff pastry, so no need to make your own. I did make the raspberry jam filling using my favorite Driscoll's berries. In fact, at the end of this post, I have a giveaway for y'all including $15 worth of Driscoll's berries and a copy of Baking Chez Moi! But, before we get to that, let's talk more about this recipe...
So, like I said, I used store-bought puff pastry and Driscoll's raspberries to make a quick raspberry jam filling. The cookies look delicate and difficult, but they are so super easy, using a simple roll and fold technique. Even better, in between the folds, you sprinkle each layer with sugar. YUM!
GIVEAWAY
Okay, now we can talk about the giveaway. To enter for your chance to win a copy of Baking Chez Moi plus $15 coupon of Driscoll's Berries, please leave a comment below telling me what is your favorite dessert? That's it! Contest will close Wednesday, November 12th at 10:00PM CDT. Must be a resident of the US and 18 years of age or older. One entry per person please.
This giveaway is sponsored by Driscoll's. Thank you for allowing me to post reviews so I can offer you fun giveaways of products I love!
Recipe Card
Pailles with Raspberry Jam Filling
Ingredients
For the Cookies:
- 1 sheet puff pastry , thawed but cold
- 1 large egg
- Granulated sugar , for sprinkling
- Powdered sugar , for dusting
For the Raspberry Jam Filling:
- 1 package (6 oz.) Driscoll's fresh raspberries
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- Juice from half a lemon
Instructions
For the cookies:
- Dust a clean work surface with flour. Roll out the sheet of puff pastry to about 16 x 16 inches square. (An inch or two smaller is fine, but I wouldn't go larger.)
- Beat the egg in a small bowl with a tablespoon of water. Using a pastry brush, brush the puff pastry with the egg wash and sprinkle a coat of sugar over the entire surface.
- Fold the puff pastry in half, then brush the surface again with egg wash and sprinkle with a coat of sugar. Fold again in half, the same length (so you have a thin rectangle of dough with layers). Brush with egg wash and sprinkle with flour one more time.
- Transfer the strip of puff pastry to a lined baking sheet and freeze for 2 hours. After 2 hours, preheat oven to 400 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone liner.
- Remove the puff pastry from the freezer and transfer the puff pastry to a cutting board and slice into ¼-inch wide strips. Line three strips together on the prepared baking sheet with the cut-side up so you can see the layers. Gently press the three strips together so they bake together. (See photos in blog post for visual help.) Repeat with the remaining dough. Sprinkle the tops lightly with sugar.
- Place a piece of parchment paper on top of the pastries, then place a large cooling rack on top. This will keep the pastries flat while baking. Bake on the center rack for 10 minutes. Remove the cooling rack and parchment paper. Use a spatula to lightly press and flatten then carefully flip the cookies and bake for another 10 minutes (no need to cover again with the parchment and cooling rack.)
- Remove from the oven and transfer to a cooling rack to cool to room temperature. Meanwhile, make the raspberry jam.
For the Raspberry Jam:
- Combine the raspberries and sugar in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Mash the berries while cooking. Once the juices start bursting from the fruits and starts boiling, cook another couple of minutes until thickened. Remove from the heat and let cool.
- Sandwich pairs of the pastries together with the raspberry jam and lightly dust with powdered sugar. Serve immediately.
Marusia Blavatsky says
I was recently in France and fell in love with this pastry. So happy to have found the recipe.
Thank you
Jill Jurd says
I tasted this absolutely amazing sweet when staying in Monmartre, and recently through a local girl, who comes from France, found out the name, and she directed me to your website, so now I have the recipe I can make it myself. Oh joy, oh rapture!!!!
I am Australian and live in Sydney, and have not been able to find this item in local cake shops.
So you have made my day!!!!
Gail says
Sorry I'm a Canadian and cannot enterr
Annette says
My favorite dessert is creme brulee served with berries, of course. 🙂
Megan says
My favorite dessert is anything chocolate : )
Kristen @ Dinner For Two Blog says
I loooove creme brulee!
Jennifer @ Show Me the Yummy says
I'm a lover of all things French...I'm totally obsessed! This dessert looks soooo light and tasty 🙂
Loretta says
My favorite dessert is cheesecake!
Sherri says
Hard to pick one, but I would have to say peanut butter pie.
April says
Anything chocolate!
stephanie says
My favorite dessert is anything with jam or curd...these look perfect. I love using puff pastry.
Laurie Sotro says
Beignets! Very French, but so am I
Lily Sheng says
my favorite dessert is Tiramisu, and it helps that I make a pretty good one too! 😉
Anne says
Picking one favorite dessert is not easy, but I think I'd have to go with cheesecake. It's something I make only rarely, so it's a special treat. My favorite cheesecake is good old-fashioned New York style, and of course, a topping of berries makes it perfect.
jan says
Creme Brulee is my favorite
Una Walker says
thats so funny, I was just saying to my husband that I hadn't made pflaumen kuchen in ages! My favorite dessert...hmm...a good cheese cake is always welcome, but I am partial to strawberry/rhubarb pie. Ok, any pie.
Rachel Tilly says
Chocolate chip cookies and mint chocolate chip ice cream. Not together specifically, I just love both!
Sarah L says
My favorite dessert is ice cream. I like lots of different flavors and toppings, but my favorite is vanilla ice cream with berries on top.
Randi Cook says
I'd like to try to make a homemade raspberry pie!
tammy cordery says
I love the chocolate cheese cake. That cake is my weakness.
Bonnie N says
Mmmmm, mmmmmm!!! I favor anything with raspberries. That has been my favorite flavor for years. I like to make a dish of vanilla yogurt with fresh raspberries throughout. If I have no raspberries, I'll add some kind of raspberry flavor; jam, jelly, syrup....whatever. I keep a bottle of raspberry syrup on the counter to add to my coffee!
Lise says
I love pretty much any kind of cake. I have used Driscoll's berries before to make cakes with. I also love your German Chocolate Cake cookies.
jessica w says
My favorite dessert is Pflaumen Kuchen which is a plum cake made with sour plums on a shortbread type base then sprinkled with a crumble topping for a tart and sweet coffee cake.
libby says
Strawberry shortcake is my favorite dessert
Nicole S. says
love homemade strawberry shortcake!
Hilary says
If and only if I have to choose I would say eclair.
Danielle Royalegacy says
I have always loved cheesecake, but our homemade ice cream from our own recipe is also a favorite.
Annie says
Fresh peach pie a la mode 🙂
Lynn says
I love fresh berry pies- blackberry is my absolute favorite but I like all the berries in a fresh pie with whipped cream.
Jan R says
Has to be CHEESECAKE!
Lynn says
Angel food cake is my favorite with French cream puffs a close second! Thanks!
ColleenB. says
Favorite dessert; I would have to say my Death By Chocolate
Katie says
Angel Food Cake with Berries and Whipped Cream
Janet T says
My favorite dessert is chocolate pudding.
Christopher says
Is it possible to have a "favorite" desert? For someone like me, who loves to occasionally indulge in something sweet after a wonderful meal, my preference is to treat myself to those things which "take me home" and most specifically remind me of Mom.
For me that would be Coconut Cake. My mother always made it for every holiday.
Bianca @ Sweet Dreaming says
chocolatey fudgey ANYTHING
betty n says
Creme Brule
sydney85 says
My favorite dessert is french apple cake. It is light and delicious.
carla says
This recipe looks great! I actually tried something like this a while back, and this just brought back so many nostalgic memories, haha! I love cooking stuff like this. I always try to find new recipes on forums and I got great ones emailed to me and I genuinely enjoy them. Anyways, thanks for posting this dish, I really need to make this more often!
Gina M says
My favorite dessert is cherry pie!
Thanks for the chance to win!
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Jessie C. says
Apple pie is my favorite.
sara says
Definitely chocolate, most likely cookies or brownies.
Rebecca says
Favorite dessert would be flourless chocolate cake!
melissa herrmann says
My fav dessert is definitely strawberry shortcake!!
manda says
I love brownies.
Brittany Koelmel says
My favorite dessert is probably apple pie or pumpkin pie? I dont know theres so many choices!
Monica Lavoie says
Crème Brulee! Thanks
Kelly D says
Chocolate cake is my favorite.
Sandy Headtke says
My favorite dessert is berry crisp and ice cream
Katelyn says
Paris-Brest, hands down my favorite. It's a labor of love but so worth it!
Kim Henrichs says
Oh man, my fave fave? I love so many but probably a warm soft chocolate lava cake with raspberries!
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
Hmmm CCC's or molten lava cake are my fave desserts!
Sandy says
I especially like strawberry pie.