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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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pastry1

First recorded in 1530–40; paste + -ry
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pastry1

C16: from paste 1
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The popular treat combines the flavours of chocolate, pistachio and tahini with filo pastry, and is inspired by the Arab dessert Knafeh.

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It is now a key player in mass producing bread and pastries in South Korea, employing 20,000 people across all its brands.

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This is obviously not good, and forces the French to put down their pastries to find a solution before it’s too late.

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The same applies to another famous meat and pastry product.

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The dish - usually prepared with a long strip of fillet steak, wrapped in pastry and mushrooms - was something Ms Patterson's mother made when she was a child, to mark special occasions, she said.

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