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Puff pastry

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, puff pastry means: A pastry made from repeated layers of dough and fat that separate and rise during baking.

In Turkish: milföy hamuru

How it is used

Used for light layered shells, pies and pastries; the layers are central to the texture.

Example sentences

  1. The puff pastry rose into distinct flaky layers.

    Separate dough-and-fat layers create the characteristic structure.

  2. She covered the mushroom pie with puff pastry.

    The pastry forms a light layered lid over the filling.

Common collocations

  • puff pastry sheet
  • puff pastry case
  • bakeTo cook food with dry heat in an oven, especially bread, cakes, pastry, biscuits and dishes covered with a crust or sauce.
  • 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.

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