A pastry heart is a regional dessert item found in the

Western New York Western New York (WNY) is the westernmost region of the U.S. state of New York. The eastern boundary of the region is not consistently defined by state agencies or those who call themselves "Western New Yorkers". Almost all sources agree WNY i ...

area, with Buffalo credited as the place it was first created. The pastry heart is a heart shaped flaky

puff pastry Puff pastry, also known as ', is a flaky light pastry made from a laminated dough composed of dough (') and butter or other solid fat ('). The butter is put inside the dough (or vice versa), making a ' that is repeatedly folded and rolled out befo ...

, similar to a

palmier A palmier (, from French, short for ''feuille de palmier'' 'palm tree leaf'), pig's ear, palm heart, or elephant ear is a French pastry in a palm leaf shape or a butterfly shape, sometimes called ''palm leaves'', ''cœur de France'', ''French h ...

or palm leaves pastry, that is usually topped with a white sugar icing that has a hard shell but is soft on the inside.

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Culture of Buffalo, New York Cuisine of New York (state) Pastries Cuisine of the Mid-Atlantic states {{US-dessert-stub

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