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| napoleon |
a layered puff pastry with a custard filling. [1/3 definitions] |
| patisserie |
a shop where fancy pastry, usu. French, is made and sold. [2 definitions] |
| patty shell |
a small pastry crust that is filled with meat, vegetables, fruit, or the like. |
| phyllo |
very thin sheets of dough, which produce a flaky pastry when baked for desserts or the like. |
| pie1 |
a pastry crust filled with meat, cheese, fruit, or other filling, sometimes covered with a layer of crust, and baked in a shallow pan. |
| pirogi |
small pastry turnovers of Russian origin that are filled with meat, fish, cheese, potatoes, or the like. |
| potpie |
a pie made with meat or poultry, vegetables, and sauce, topped with a single pastry crust and baked in a deep oven dish. |
| puff |
a light pastry, often filled with a sweet cream or custard mixture. [1/16 definitions] |
| puff pastry |
a light flaky pastry that puffs when baked, made by rolling and folding the dough before baking and used for croissants, pie shells, tarts, and the like. |
| quiche |
an unsweetened pastry shell filled with custard, cheese, and one or two other ingredients, such as ham or spinach, usu. served hot from the oven. |
| scone |
a small, soft, usu. round bread or pastry made from oatmeal, barley meal, or the like. |
| shorten |
to add butter or fat to (bread, pastry, or the like). [1/3 definitions] |
| strudel |
a pastry made of very thin sheets of dough baked in long rolls that are filled with fruit, nuts, cheese, or vegetables. |
| sweet |
(often pl.) any food with a sweet flavor such as candy, cookies, pastry, or the like. [1/14 definitions] |
| tart2 |
a shallow, baked pastry shell with a sweet or savory filling, usu. having no top crust. [1/2 definitions] |
| timbale |
creamed chicken, seafood, vegetables, or the like baked in a drum-shaped pastry shell. [1/2 definitions] |
| turnover |
a small pastry made by placing a sweet or savory filling on one half of a piece of dough, turning the other half over this, and sealing the edges. [1/6 definitions] |
| vol-au-vent |
a large light flaky pastry shell filled with chicken, game, or fish in a cream sauce. |
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