Switzerland. Canton Fribourg. Bulle. Sunday morning. Napkin with swiss flag on a table and a glass plate full of wrapped Munz Mini Milk Chocolate Pralines and Coeur de france biscuits. A palm tree (French: cœur de France) or elephant ear is a French, pastry in a palm shape or a butterfly shape, sometimes called palm leaves, elephant ears, french hearts, shoe-soles or glasses. Palmiers are made from puff pastry, a laminated dough similar to the dough used for croissant, but without the yeast. Puff pastry is alternating layers of dough and melted butter. The puff pastry is rolled out, coated with sugar, and then the two sides are rolled up together so that they meet in the middle, making a roll that is then cut into about 1/4" slices and baked. Usually it is rolled in sugar before baking. The flag of Switzerland consists of a red flag with a white cross (a bold, equilateral cross) in the centre. 14.09.13 © 2013 Didier Ruef