PATISSERIE,

Our creations reflect the traditions and elegance of French pastries, ensuring that
La Gourmandine provides the finest baked goods to your hometown of Pittsburgh.

We do change our menu, so don't be disappointed if you don't see your favorite pastry, we may have it later in the year.

Patisseries individuelles
(individual pastries)

Eclairs au chocolat
(Long thin pastry made with choux dough filled with cocoa chocolate custard
and topped with chocolate icing)

Flan Patissier
(Baked vanilla custard pie)

Tartelettes aux Poires
(Tarte filled with almond paste covered with pears)
 
Opera
(Almond sponge cake layered with cocoa chocolate mousse
and coffee flavoured butter cream, glazed with dark chocolate)

Tartelettes au Citron
(Tarte with lemon filling)

Choux à la Crème
(Choux dough split in half and filled with whipped cream)

Parfait chocolat
(Cocoa Chocolate mousse layered with almond sponge cake,
covered in a chocolate ganache)

Paris-Brest
(Choux dough filled with hazelnut cream)

Religieuses
(Two tiers of choux pastry filled with vanilla or chocolate pastry cream
and topped with fondant)

Feuillete Pommes-Noisettes
(Flaky tarte filled with fresh apples and roasted hazelnuts)

Délice de Pistache
(Choux dough covered with pistachio mousseline and topped with decadent dark chocolate)
 
Bavarois Framboise
(Raspberry bavarian cream layered with almond sponge cake and decorated with white and dark chocolate)


Cakes & Tartes
(ask us about placing an order)

Parfait au chocolat
(Cocoa chocolate mousse layered with an almond sponge cake and covered in a dark chocolate glaze)

Royal
(Cocoa Chocolate mousse layered with chocolate sponge cake and crispy praline)

Opera
(Almond sponge cake layered with cocoa chocolate mousse and coffee-flavored butter cream, glazed with dark chocolate)

Fraisier
(Almond cake split and filled with fresh sliced strawberries, pastry cream and butter cream)

Framboisier
(Almond cake split and filled with fresh raspberries, pastry cream and butter cream)

Mousse de fruits
(Fruit mousse layered with almond sponge cake. Your choice of strawberry, raspberry, mango, or coconut flavored mousse.)

Bavarois
(Bavarian cream layered with sponge cake. Your choice of vanilla, chocolate, raspberry, strawberry, mango, or coconut flavored cream.)

Charlotte
(Ladyfinger cake filled with a flavored Bavarian cream. Your choice of vanilla, chocolate, mango, strawberry, raspberry, or coconut cream.)

Tarte aux fruits
(Shortbread crust covered with handmade vanilla pastry cream and topped with fresh fruits. Your choice of strawberries, blueberries, or an assortment of fruits.)

Tarte Tatin
(Upside-down caramelized apple tart. Tradition says that the Tarte Tatin was first created by accident by two sisters called “Les Soeurs Tatin”)

Tarte aux Poires
(Tarte filled with almond paste covered with pears)

Tarte aux Framboises
(Tarte filled with almond paste covered with fresh raspberries)

Tarte au Citron
(Classic lemon tarte topped with Italian meringe. Also available without meringue)

Millefeuille
(“Thousand Leaf”, also known as a Napoleon. Layers of puff pastry, alternating with layers of pastry cream.)

Paris-Brest
(Ring-shaped choux dough split and filled with a praline-flavored cream garnished with sliced almonds. The pastry was created to commemorate the bicycle race, Paris-Brest.)

Flan Patissier
(Baked vanilla custard pie.)