Puff pastry, also known as pâte feuilletée, is a flaky light pastry made from a laminated dough composed of dough and butter or other solid fat. The butter is put inside the dough, making a paton that is repeatedly folded and rolled out before baking.
A chicken pot pie made with puff pastry
Puff pastry before baking, with layers clearly visible
Home made puff pastries with sugar
Marie-Antoine Carême, known as Antonin Carême, was a leading French chef of the early 19th century.
"Promenade de la galerie du Palais-Royal", 1798
"Pavillon athénien" from Carême's Le Pâtissier pittoresque, 1815