Making pastries and pasty recipes is a strong tradition in many parts of our world. Here are some pastries that are of European origin with added flavor from around the world. HoneyBees Bakery has been making Pastries by our Master Chef Floare Golea for more than 50 years. And family recipes dating back 300 years. Browse our website and you will find all kinds of pastries and other cooking tips, recipes. You can also purchase our recipes as we are slowly publishing them so that our traditions are passed on to the rest of the world.
We are located in Southern California and do offer catering services. We also offer one-on-one and group cooking classes for those that are interested in learning more and experiencing this rich history.
History
European traditions of making sweet recipes is often traced back to the short crust era of flaky doughs and recipes that were in use throughout the Mediterranean in ancient times. In the Mediterranean, the Romans, Greeks and Phoenicians all had filo-style pastry dough in their culinary traditions and recipes and ancient Egyptians perfected similar pastries. Every Culture we turn to there is the pastry recipes, from the Europe, Asia, Americas, Africa and Middle East. They had professional bakers that surely had the skills to do so, and they also had needed materials like flour oil and honey. In medieval North Europe they were able to create pastry and recipes that produced nice, stiff pastriesbecause they cooked with lard and butter. There were stiff, empty pastries called coffins or ‘huff paste’, that were eaten by servants only and included recipes with egg yolk glaze to help make them more enjoyable to consume. Medieval recipes for many pastries also included small tarts to add richness to the snack.