A heart pastry with sliced strawberries | |
| Type | Pastry |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | United States |
| Region or state | Buffalo, New York |
| Main ingredients | Puff pastry, white sugar icing |
Apastry heart is a regional dessert item found in theWestern New York area, withBuffalo[1][2] credited as the place where it was first created.[3]
The pastry heart is a heart-shaped flakypuff pastry, similar to apalmier, that is usually topped with a white sugar icing that has a hard shell but is soft on the inside.[1][4]