religieuse

{{short description|French pastry}}

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

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| image = File:Religieuses au chocolat.jpg

| image_alt = Religieuses au chocolat

| caption = Religieuses au chocolat

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| country = France

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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 }}