I've been a big fan of pastries ever since I was young - to the extent that when I got bored of the same old bread sandwiches at school every day I swapped to taking in a croissants and jam every day.
Britain has become less 'white loaf' obsessed as time has gone on and now instead of bread for every meal of the day (including bread pudding) there are exciting options. St Pierre has added to that with this pastry loaf creation.
It's essentially fat, sweet bread, but combined in such a way that it layers up and has a very different texture. It's shelf life is also two weeks which is much better than our usual loaves.
It also has the trademark croissant swirl, which kind of hints that they made a giant one and dropped it in a loaf tin.
And it works with chocolate spread and strawberries? Result.
All I have is upside down Welsh jam and vegan butter.
I toasted it a little more than it suggested
And pilled on the goodies.
And it's fantastic. Child me would absolutely have accepted this in his tiny yellow lunchbox, although I'd still want to add the jam etc on site to prevent sogginess.
It has the right texture, the right smells and tastes, and it's so much easier than trying to toast a pre bough croissant (or the bake at home ones that while fantastic take ages).
I can't wait to get back from my holidays to have more of this - and I hope it's not a short term product and that I can get other similar things in the future. Loaf od Pan Au Chocolate? Yes please!
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