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pastry

[ pey-stree ]

noun

plural pastries.
  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

/ ˈɪٰɪ /

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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Lines at the bakery’s six locations frequently snake out the doors on weekends and its yellow boxes stuffed with pastries often make appearances on flights out of Los Angeles.

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Paris Baguette rewards members can enjoy a free pastry with any beverage purchase on Tuesday.

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All-in-one method – Follow pastry chef and cookbook author Stella Parks’s advice from Serious Eats: mix cream, sugar and cream cheese together in one bowl.

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Luca, a handsome, tattooed pastry chef, first appeared in Season 2, but Poulter reprised the role in the Season 3 finale, much to the delight of fans.

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"It was made with a thin, greyish pastry which had been spread with red jam before being loosely rolled up and presented flattened and in the shape and size of a small baby," she explains.

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