pastry
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- noun
- /ˈpeɪstri/
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masa
- Her specialties were the pasties and pastries so typical of Karelian menus.
But it is a spinach and feta lovely filo pastry pie.
- But it is a spinach and feta lovely filo pastry pie.
- Dina Whitlock Dinah Dina Dina Whitlock knows her way around a pastry recipe.
Examples
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You know, the secret to making a good profiterole is you have to freeze the pastry first.
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It's a bit late to be making pastry, isn't it?
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Just chip a bit of pastry off the side.
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Either way, point being, we're using puff pastry today, my friend.
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Then using a pastry brush, brush off the excess flour on the top of the dough.
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So on Monday, Zoe ordered some pastries from this little pastry company in Brighton.
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As he went, he munched on the pastry, which had been filled with spiced meat and proved delicious.
Fiction book (1992) -
The scent of the flowers mingled with that of coffee and pastries wafting from the kitchen in the rear.
Fiction book (1992) -
Delicious odors of cooking sausages and bakery pastries wafted from the kitchen inside.
Fiction book (1994) -
She filled the pastry with sweet fruit and baked it until golden brown.
Synonyms
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A baked pastry with a sweet or savory filling
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A small open pastry filled with fruit or custard
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A rich, buttery, flaky pastry shaped like a crescent
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A sweet baked dessert with sliced apples inside a pastry crust
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A light hollow pastry often filled with cream
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A sweet baked pie with spiced mashed pumpkin filling
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A baked pastry made of thin dough rolled around a sweet or savory filling
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Sweet food like candy or a small cake
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A sweet Middle Eastern dessert of thin flaky pastry layers filled with nuts and honey
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A thin pastry layer used as the bottom or top of a pie that holds the filling
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A long thin pastry filled with cream and topped with chocolate icing
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A flat round pastry with a sweet or savory filling baked without a pan
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A small baked pastry filled with meat and vegetables
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A sweet baked treat from France often filled with cream or jam
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A thin layer of dough used as the base or top of a pie
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A baked or unbaked pastry crust that holds the filling of a pie
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An open pastry like a tart with a sweet or savory filling
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A soft mixture of flour, fat, and water used as a base for pies and tarts
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A pastry of thin, flaky layers filled with sweet cream
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A light sweet baked good made with yeast and butter, often filled with fruit or cheese
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A pastry baked recently that is not stale
A small round pastry made from light dough and often filled with cream
Compounds
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A light sweet baked good made with yeast and butter, often filled with fruit or cheese
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Etymology
The word pastry comes from the old root pasta meaning 'dough' or 'paste', the same root as English paste and Italian pasta. So pastry can also mean the dough you roll out to make a pie or tart.