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puff batter

puff batter

6.2
A smooth mixture of flour and eggs that rises into light hollow shells for sweet or savory fillings
  • noun
translation icon : masa de profiteroles
  • To make perfect cream puffs, start by preparing a smooth puff batter.

Examples

  • The chef expertly piped the puff batter onto the baking tray to make profiteroles.

  • Fill your puff batter shells with custard or whipped cream for a delicious dessert.

  • The chef prepared a delicate puff batter for the pastries.

  • Can you show me how to make puff batter?

  • To make perfect cream puffs, start by preparing a smooth puff batter.

  • Fill your puff batter shells with custard or whipped cream for a delicious dessert.

  • The chef expertly piped the puff batter onto the baking tray to make profiteroles.

Synonyms

pouf paste
vspuff batter
  • Archaic
9.9

A light dough used to make hollow pastry shells for fillings

has identical meaning but uses a different name for the same mixture
pâte à choux
vspuff batter
  • Specialized
9.9

A light dough used to make hollow pastry shells like éclairs and cream puffs

is a looser more liquid mixture rather than a firmer dough

How Airy

meringue
22 6.8
puff batter
6.2
batter
54 1.8
dough
199 1.2

Surface Forms

puff batter singular
puff batters plural

Morphology

puff + batter

The meaning 'a batter made to produce light, hollow pastry cases' is directly inferable from combining 'puff' (a light, hollow pastry) with 'batter' (a runny flour-and-egg mixture). This straightforward noun+noun composition denotes the batter used to make puffs and follows common compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand it.

Etymology

Puff batter is named for what the mixture does in the oven: the thin batter puffs up into light, hollow shells. Because it 'puffs' into a case you can fill, the name reminds you it is the batter used for cream puffs or profiteroles.