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puff paste

American  

noun

  1. a rich dough for making puff pastry.


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Develop a tactile sense of what a short crust, a cake batter, a puff paste, a buttercream, or a meringue should feel and look like.

From Slate Jul. 9, 2018

If the directions sometimes seem absurdly long, it is because the authors are bent on enabling a twelve-year-old to turn out a fine puff paste on first try.

From Time Magazine Archive

Warm these over a slow fire, but do not let them boil; when done, pour into a fancy mould lined with light puff paste.

From Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode by Salis, Harriet A. de

Cut some thin slices from a boiled ham, lay them on a good puff paste at the bottom of your dish, and pepper them.

From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady

Bake it in a deep pie plate, or pudding dish, with a rim of puff paste round the edge of the dish.

From The New England Cook Book, or Young Housekeeper's Guide Being a Collection of the Most Valuable Receipts; Embracing all the Various Branches of Cookery, and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner by Anonymous

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