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pastry

[ pey-stree ]

noun

, plural pas·tries.
  1. a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
  2. any item of food of which such dough forms an essential part, as a pie, tart, or napoleon.


pastry

/ ˈpeɪstrɪ /

noun

  1. a dough of flour, water, shortening, and sometimes other ingredients
  2. baked foods, such as tarts, made with this dough
  3. an individual cake or pastry pie
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pastry1

First recorded in 1530–40; paste + -ry
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pastry1

C16: from paste 1
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Example Sentences

Genevieve carried the box into work, where colleagues thought she was bringing in a box of pastries to share.

Brush the top of the salmon with a little of the marinade using a pastry brush.

While tempering—the proper culinary term for the heating and cooling process—the ingredient you want to mold is the cocoa butter itself, says Julia Choi-Rodriguez, a pastry cook and founder of Vesta Chocolate in Montclair, New Jersey.

The Ina Mae window may begin offering coffee and pastries instead of frozen drinks.

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I will turn my nose up when you offer me the rest of some delicious pastry that you nibbled on.

It has French ingredients like leeks and tarragon, and I use puff pastry to make the crust easy!

Brush the pastry with egg wash and sprinkle with fleur de sel and pepper.

On a lightly floured board, roll each pastry to an 11-inch square.

Place a pastry circle over each bowl, adhering it with the egg wash.

The pastry and puddings come next in order, and these, too, are better served from a side table.

Between the pastry and the dessert, have salad and cheese placed before each guest.

Never take more than two vegetables; do not take a second plate of soup, pastry, or pudding.

If they are the right sort, they melt—according to their means; usually it's pastry.

The words whispered in the pastry-cook's ear cooled his hot fit of courage down to zero.

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