BREAD AND PASTRY PRODUCTION

NC II TOURISM
SECTOR
Core 4 Prepare and Display Petit Fours
Petit Fours

- Petit Fours glace are generally either

glazed
with fondant or dipped in chocolate
before the final decoration is added.
Petit Fours Bases

Petit four bases can be made from any edible

product Normal Products are:
1. Sponge – is baked into thin sheets and they are
layered together with flavored filling that will act as an
adhesive to hold the sheets of sponge together.
Sponge
Petit Fours
Bases
2. Cake – can be baked in shallow trays of depths of
1.2 cm topped with soft topping then cut to shape
desired similar to sponge sheets
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Petit Fours
Bases
3. Shortbread – a mixture of flour, fat and sugar,
enriched with egg and has a short eating quality.
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Bases
4. Pastry – a savoury pastry like puff pastry can make
a suitable base for petit fours when a sweet filling is
used
Petit Fours
Bases
5. Chocolate – when working with ganache, a soft
mixture of chocolate and cream can be presented in
a base of hard chocolate.
Petit Fours
Bases
6. Marzipan – can be used as a base for petit
fours.
Petit Fours
Bases
7. Choux Pastry – is made by boiling water and fat,
adding flour and cooking panada.
Types of Petit
Fours
1. Petit Fours Glaces
- These small pastries are made from sponge cake
or pound cake with layers of chocolate, fruit or
buttercream in TYPES
the center.
OF PETIT FOURS

- These cakes are then cut into small shapes such as

squares, rectangles, circles, hearts or diamonds.
Petit Fours
Glaces
Types of Petit
Fours
2.Petit Fours Frais
- This type of petit four is created with mini
pastries.
- The most common types of mini pastries
are fruit
tarts, éclairs or cream puffs.
Petit Fours
Frais
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Fours
3.Petit Fours Secs
- are created with cookies rather than cake..
- can also be created using butter or sugar cookies.
A filling is added between two cookies. .
Petit Fours
Secs
Storing Petit Fours

Petits fours may be stored in their box at

room temperature for up to three days.
They may be kept in the refrigerator for
up to two weeks if the box is securely
wrapped in plastic wrap. Petits fours may
be frozen; wrap box well in plastic.
Always serve petits fours at room
temperature.
Storage of Petit
Fours