pastry Definition
pas·try (pās′trē)
pastry Synonyms
pastry
n.
Types of pastries include: French, Danish; tart, pie, turnover, phyllo, oatcake, shortbread, rusk, pudding, brioche, frangipane (Italian), petit four (French), puff, croissant (French), eclair, cream puff, Napoleon, profiterole, trifle, baklava, panettone, Strudel (German), cakes, sweet roll.
pastry Usage Examples
Converse of object
- bake: Choose from a selection of healthy jacket potatoes, sandwiches, biscuits and freshly baked pastries.
- fold: Brush pastry around filets with beaten egg; fold pastry over to cover the filets.
Adjective modifier
- flaky: Trust me, you don't want to make flaky pastry, very tedious.
- Danish: Danish pastries, however sweet, are not enough.
- savory: In our forecourt Caffe Ritazza's we are also extremely proud to sell freshly baked and filled ciabattas and a range of savory pastries.
- ready-made: It can even be spread on ready-made pastry, rolled and cut into pinwheels or straws and baked for a quick and easy nibble!
- crisp: This was gorgeous - crisp pastry, sweet fruit and delicious frangipane filling.
- delicious: For afternoon tea, those in the know go to Chez Paul for its delicious pastries.
Modifies a noun
- cutter: Score a circle about 1cm in from the edge of each disk using a smaller sized pastry cutter.
- chef: Creative pursuits include cookery lessons with the pastry chef.
- tartlet: Lovely individual pastry tartlets made with fresh orange zest filled with delicious dark chocolate mix topped with fresh orange segments.
- trimming: Decorate the parcel with any pastry trimmings, brushing these with milk or beaten egg to fix in place.
- crust: Me, I can't make a nice pastry crust to save my life.
- dough: Roll pastry dough onto a flat surface until it is less than a 1/4 ' thick.
Noun used with modifier
- filo: Filo pastry is useful for keen cooks in place of the higher fat puff pastry.
- puff: The fresh cream puff pastry Sandwich was the " bees knees " .
- shortcrust: The recipe for Apple Pie which follows uses rich shortcrust pastry.
- chou: In choux pastry the raising agents are eggs plus steam.
- suet: Suet pastry enclosed a filling that varied with the affluence of the family involved.
- crust: To make a rich short crust pastry, use a beaten whole egg, reserving a small amount to finish the dish.
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