Religieuse

{{short description|French pastry}}

{{about|the pastry|other uses|La Religieuse (disambiguation)}}

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| caption = Religieuses au chocolat

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| course = Dessert

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| main_ingredient = Flour and crème pâtissière

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A religieuse ({{IPA|fr|ʁəliʒjøz|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Guilhelma-religieuse.wav}}) is a French pastry made of a small choux pastry case stacked on top of a larger one, both filled with {{lang|fr|crème pâtissière}}, commonly flavoured with chocolate{{cite web|url=https://www.prettytastycakes.com/2008/08/31/une-religieuse-un-eclair/ |title=une religieuse, un éclair |publisher=Pretty Tasty Cakes |date=2008-08-31 |access-date=2012-08-26}} or mocha. Each case is topped with a ganache of the same flavour as the filling, then attached to each other using piped buttercream icing. It is a type of éclair.{{cite web |author=Monday |date=2010-03-08 |title=Seeking Sweetness in Everyday Life - CakeSpy - Ultra Violet: The Blackcurrant Violet Religieuse from Laduree, Paris |url=http://www.cakespy.com/blog/2010/3/8/ultra-violet-the-blackcurrant-violet-religieuse-from-laduree.html |access-date=2012-08-26 |publisher=CakeSpy}}

The pastry, whose name means "nun", is supposed to represent the papal mitre. The religieuse was supposedly conceived in the mid-nineteenth century; choux pastry was invented in the 16th century.

A derivation called courtesan au chocolat, filled with chocolate custard and with the glazing coloured pink, lavender and pale green , was invented for Wes Anderson’s 2014 film The Grand Budapest Hotel, commissioned to Anemone Müller of Cafe CaRe, a local baker of Görlitz, where the film was shot.{{Cite web |url=https://tasty.co/article/rachelysanders/make-the-pastry-from-the-grand-budapest-hotel |title=How To Make The Starring Pastry From Wes Anderson's New Movie |last=Sanders |first=Rachel |website=Tasty| publisher=BuzzFeed |date=12 March 2014 }}