C’est quoi ce dessert?

We went to Le Brasserie des Brotteaux for dinner and Cath had this for dessert – un gateau St Honoré.

It is named after the patron saint of bakers and pastry chefs – the bishop of Amiens.

Apparently the dish was invented in 1847, by Auguste Julien at the Chiboust bakery on Rue Saint-Honore in Paris – next to the Tuilleries Gardens.

With its choux pastry and caramelised sugar it is definitely fit for a saint.