Niflette

Niflette is a traditional puff pastry tartlet originating from Provins in Seine et Marne. It is usually made with a combination of puff pastry and pastry cream consisting of egg yolks, flour, milk, sugar, and sometimes orange blossom water. The puff pastry is cut into rounds that are superimposed and a hole in made in the two upper circles. The holes are filled with pastry cream and the pastry tartlet is baked until golden brown. Once done, niflettes are sometimes sprinkled with icing sugar and then enjoyed piping hot with a cup of hot chocolate on the side. Niflette was originally made for All Saints Day, but nowadays it can be bought from mid-October to mid-November. The name is derived from the Latin ne flete, which means cry no more, as the pastry tartlets were given to crying orphans who came out of the church in the olden days.