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Crimp

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

verbCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, crimp means: To pinch or press a pastry edge into a repeated pattern, often to close it.

In Turkish: kenarını bastırarak şekillendirmek

How it is used

Used for pies, pasties and filled pastries; the edge is the usual object.

Example sentences

  1. Crimp the pastry edges around the apple filling.

    The repeated presses join and shape the pastry boundary.

  2. She crimped the pie rim into a decorative wave.

    The technique can give an exposed rim a patterned finish.

Common collocations

  • crimp the edges
  • crimped pastry
  • pastry chefA chef who specialises in desserts, pastries, breads and other baked goods and usually runs the pastry section of a kitchen. Also called a pâtissier.
  • bakeTo cook food with dry heat in an oven, especially bread, cakes, pastry, biscuits and dishes covered with a crust or sauce.

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