Pain aux Raisins

Reminiscence of my childhood in France, the pains aux raisins (called “escargot” sometimes) are the perfect treat to motivate you to get out of bed on cold mornings. In France, there are two different recipes for pains aux raisins, one with puff pastry (pate feuilletée) and one with dough (pate briochée). You can easily find one or the other in bakeries. But my dad, who was a former baker, told me that the one with puff pastry is the one taught in French pastry schools. Today, French bakers even customize the traditional recipe with chocolate, pistachios or sesame paste. We’ll see today the basic recipe, feel free to be creative!