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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pey-stree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpeɪ stri

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Définition of pastry

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "food made with paste," not originally limited to sweets, from Middle English paste (see paste (n.)) + -ry. Probably influenced by Old French pastaierie "pastry" (Modern French pâtisserie), from pastoier "pastry cook," from paste (see paste (n.)); also borrowed from Medieval Latin pasteria "pastry," from Latin pasta. Specific sense of "small confection made of pastry" is from 1906. Pastry-cook attested from 1712.
  • noun baked product made with flour
Example sentences :
  • Give the proportions of fat and flour that may be used for pastry.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • What may be said of the handling of pastry in its preparation for baking?
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Roll out the pastry, and stamp it into rounds with a fluted cutter.
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • Plainer tartlets may be made with short, flaky, or other pastry.
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • Divide the pastry into two portions, and roll them out as thinly as possible.
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • Wet the edges of the pastry, and put some mincemeat into the middle of each round.
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • When the pastry is cooked remove the dummies, and fill the places with jam.
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • Have you forgotten the baker's81 shop in London—or was it a pastry cook's, or what?
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • She rushed into the kitchen and snatched the pastry from the oven.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Also a pastry brush to spread the melted butter upon the corn.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
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