petit four
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Key facts
- Type
- Confectionery
- Course
- Dessert
- Place of origin
- France
- Main ingredients
- Varies by type
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- French cuisine
- Country of origin
- France
- Image
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- Petits fours
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Encyclopedic overview
French assortment of petits fours
A petit four ( French pronunciation: [pəti fuʁ]; plural: petits fours [pəti fuʁ]) is a small bite-sized confectionery or savory appetiser. The name is French for "small oven". They are also known as mignardises [miɲaʁdiz], in England fancies, and dainties in the prairie provinces of Canada.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “petit four” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.