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Mini palmiers

Name: Mini palmiers
Prep time: 19 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 39 min
Yield: 20 pieces
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 250 g puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée); 20 g beaten egg; 100 g caster sugar

Palmiers are a traditional French patisserie, consisting of folded puff pastry caramelized with sugar. These small versions are made with the shop-bought puff pastry that comes ready-rolled in a circle.

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Duration

40 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 14^th 2026

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For 20 pieces, you will need:

1 250 g puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
2 20 g beaten egg
3 100 g caster sugar
Total weight: 370 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

20 min.

Cooking

20 min.

All in all

40 min.

Preparation 20 min.

Cooking 20 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 3 min.

Preheat the oven to 430°F (220°C).

Unroll the circle of puff pastry and trim into a square or rectangle (or roll out, if it comes as a block).

Step 2 - ⌛ 2 min.

Glaze the pastry all over.

Step 3 - ⌛ 2 min.

Sprinkle generously with sugar.

Step 4 - ⌛ 2 min.

Fold the sides of the pastry in to meet in the centre.

Step 5 - ⌛ 3 min.

Glaze again and sprinkle with more sugar.

Step 6 - ⌛ 2 min.

Fold the pastry in half along the join.

Step 7 - ⌛ 3 min.

Brush with egg and coat with sugar on both sides.

Step 8 - ⌛ 2 min.

Finish by cutting the pastry into slices about 1cm (1/2 inch) thick...

Step 9

...and arrange these on a baking sheet, not too close together as they will open out during cooking.

Step 10 - ⌛ 20 min.

Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.

Loosen from the baking sheet while hot and leave to cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

If you make the puff pastry yourself, you can make your palmiers larger as the pastry will be thicker.

Keeping: Several days in an airtight tin.

Source: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	3 g RDI=5 %	49 g RDI=19 %	22 g RDI=30 %	406 kcal RDI=20 %	1,699 kJ RDI=20 %
Per piece	1 g RDI=1 %	9 g RDI=3 %	4 g RDI=5 %	75 kcal RDI=4 %	314 kJ RDI=4 %
Whole recipe	13 g RDI=19 %	183 g RDI=69 %	80 g RDI=109 %	1,502 kcal RDI=75 %	6,287 kJ RDI=75 %