After long-term development, Western pastry has been continuously innovated in various countries around the world, and different types with regional characteristics have gradually emerged. For example: French pastries belong to the modern style of Western pastries.
Western pastry was developed along the Mediterranean coast. The Mediterranean Sea is 4,000 kilometers long from east to west, 1,800 kilometers at its widest point from north to south, and has a sea area of ??more than 250 square kilometers.
The geographical location is quite special. It is an edge area at the junction of Europe, Asia and Africa (the Mediterranean Sea is the European continent to the north, the African continent to the south, and the Middle East of Asia in the winter). In ancient times, this area was called "fertile" The land of "Crescent Moon" is the birthplace of Western civilization.
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The main raw materials for making Western pastry are flour, sugar, butter, milk, vanilla powder, coconut shreds, etc. Due to the high fat and protein content of Western pastries, their sweet but not greasy taste, and their beautiful styles, sales have increased year by year in recent years. Western-style pastries are mainly divided into five categories: snacks, cakes, puff pastry, mixed puff pastry and gastronomic pastry.
The collective name for pastries introduced to China from foreign countries, with Western national styles and characteristics. Such as German, French, British, Russian, etc.
Cake occupies the main position in Western pastries, which can be roughly divided into cream cakes, fruit cakes, and ice cream cakes.
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