We do love our food in this house and we’ve been having some bite size fun with some little nibbles from Pidy recently.
Pidy started out in Ypres, Belgium in 1952 as a family run patisserie shop. The business has developed over the years and they now create a large range of ready to fill puff pastry, short crust, foncage dough and choux pastry. Pidy have recently launched a range of pastry cases for the retail market.
The new retail range includes their award winning Duobelle range and Spoonettes range. Others in range consist of the dainty Mini Cocktail range, the pretty Flower Cuppy’s, the interestingly shaped Fishka’s, the square shaped puff pastry Mini Carrés and the classic round puff pastry vol au vents
Zakouskis.
We received a pack of 12 Zakouskis pastry shells and 12 Mini-Tartelettes Sablees to test.
We decided to try the Zakouskis first, they really are bite size little pastry cases, and I think they’d be ideal for a children’s party. Place the cases in a pre-heated oven on a baking sheet for 6 minutes at 170 deg C and they are ready to fill.
I filled the Zakouskis with Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese, and Egg Mayonnaise. Our little nibbles from Pidy were rather good, crispier than the usual, larger vol-au-vent cases I’m familiar with.
Then we were in need of some pudding, so I used the Mini Tartelettes Sablees which are made with short crust pastry.
I chopped up some fruit and added some Choc Shot chocolate sauce to our desert little nibbles from Pidy.
These little nibbles from Pidy didn’t last long, I’d certainly consider them when I next entertain, either for adults or children.
You can learn more about the Bouchees and Spoonettes over at The Life of Spicers.
Pidy also have a range of Veggie cups available in four flavours beetroot, carrot, spinach and celeriac and come in packs of 12.
The four flavours capture the true nature, colour and essence of
the vegetables as they are made with 30% real vegetable juice extract and no E numbers or artificial colours. The canapés are also made with Pâté à Foncer dough which is lighter and contains 50% less fat than standard pastry.
disclaimer:Thanks to food PR and marketing agency CLIP Creative and PR for the samples
Oooh, I like your dessert nibbles – totally made for fruit and chocolate 😀
Yes, we thought so too – they didn’t last very long with Monkey around!
These look fab! Such a good idea for a canape at parties or for a quick snack for the kids. Something a bit different!
They are great
these look great, so many things you could put in them, the kids would love this
These look great, fab for easy party food.
Exactly, they would be a great idea for a party.
These are great, I love the little tartlets. We thought the pastry on the zakouski’s was very light and crisp too which really added to the enjoyment of them.
They were both really good, I think I prefer the Tartlets, yummy
Love your fillings! I especially like the look of the smoked salmon Zakouskis
Little nibbles look lovely. Thanks for the mention.
They are lovely aren’t they and no problem 🙂
These looks so quick and easy, I would think of making some and taking them to a party as they would leave me more time to get myself ready.
That’s a great idea, they are great and ideal for children as they are so small.