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2. PETIT FOUR

3. Petit four can be used for almost any small cake or pastry item that is small enough to be eaten in one or two bites. Petit in French means “small” and four means “oven.” Most petit fours are small baked items, although a few are not baked.

4. Categories of petit fours

5. Categories of petit fours Petit Fours Sec Petit Fours Glacés Petit Fours Salé Petit Fours Fraisier

6. Petit four SEC (sec means “dry”) include a variety of small, dainty cookies, baked meringues, macaroons, and puff pastry products. These are dry petit fours.

7. Petit four SEC The term sec or dry means that these pastries have no icing or cream filling, although they may be dipped in chocolate. In practice, small quantities of creams or jellies are sometimes used—for example, in sandwich-type cookies.

8. Petit four SEC Petits fours secs are usually served with after-dinner coffee or as an accompaniment for such cold desserts as ice cream, mousses, and Bavarian creams. Petits fours sec are fragile , crunchy, dainty cookies .

9. Petit four GLAcÉs Petits fours glacés are iced petits fours (glacé means, in this case,“iced ”). This category includes such items as tiny éclairs, tartlets, filled meringues, and cakes. Usually covered with fondant or glace icing.

10. Petit four GLAcÉs In North America, the usual type of petit four is a cake cut out iced with fondant. In fact, most people are probably not aware that there are any kinds of petit four other than this

11. Petit four salÉ Petit four Salé ("salted") savoury bite-sized appetizers usually served at cocktail parties or buffets.

12. Petit four fraisier Petit Fours Fraisier – A type of petit fours which created with mini pastries such as fruit tarts, éclairs or cream puff.

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14. How is it important for us to know how to make different varieties of petit fours based on its unique qualities?

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