Tasting The Delicious Treats On Offer At Ladurée
Perhaps one of the most delicious luxuries on the French market, Ladurée macaroons are bound to get your juices going. (Macaroon = small, round cakes, crisp on the outside, smooth in the middle).
On a recent trip to Paris, the products waiting patiently to be gobbled down in the beautifully decorated window of this lavish shop immediately caught my eye.
Ladurée shops can be found dotted around Paris, at the Champ Elysées, Bonaparte, Royale y magasin du printemps. The wonders you will find inside these shops include not only their famous macaroons, but sweets, pastries and other desserts, brought to you by their talented 45 pastry chefs and 40 cooks.
As I dashed out to the nearest Ladurée shop, I literally couldn’t stop my mouth watering at what was on offer, from their beautiful chocolates to their macaroons, which deserve their own paragraph;
Amongst the many variety of flavours, I would consider Orange Saffron to be my absolute favourite. Ladurée changes and updates its macaroons seasonally, creating a new flavour with each change of season. However, amongst the permanent choices, you will find; Chocolate, Dark chocolate, Vanilla, Coffee, Rose petal, Pistachio, Salted butter Caramel, Cherry amaretto, Raspberry, Orange blossom, Liquorice, certain to tempt you!
The history of this historical shop is a long and vibrant one, beginning with a man called Louis Ernest Ladurée in 1862. This humble miller from France’s southwest opened a bakery at 16 rue Royale in Paris. Since then, with the work of David Holder and many others, the success of Ladurée has grown and still today, the traditional methods of creating their well known macaroons is upkept.
Ladurée has come so far that it now has a tea salon, restaurant, pastry shop, chocolate shop, ice cream parlour and a fantastic bar serving its trademark delicious macaroon cocktail. Needless to say, a trip to one of these Ladurée and a handful of purchases is bound to make your day.
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