Definition of pastry in US English:

pastry

nounPlural pastries

1A dough of flour, shortening, and water, used as a base and covering in baked dishes such as pies.
‘spread the mixture over the pastry’
- ‘To make the basic suet pastry, sift the flour, baking powder and salt together, then rub in the suet.’
- ‘Nanxiang Xiaolong has its own type of special thin pastry and a delicious mixture contained in the shell.’
- ‘To make the pastry, sift the flour and salt into a bowl and rub in the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.’
- ‘I'm happy enough to make pastry with vegetable oil but a crumble needs something more solid.’
- ‘Modern recipes often call for lining the dish with pastry, so that the end result looks more like a cherry tart than a true clafoutis.’
- ‘The filling of the meat gyozza dumplings tasted like a bad Forfar bridie inside tough pastry with an old fat fryer niff to it.’
- ‘Pour a little rose water in to fruit salads, use it to flavour thick syrups or add it to pastry and biscuit doughs, or whipped cream.’
- ‘The knight plays along, and gulps up much of the venison pastry the hermit brought out.’
- ‘On a lightly floured surface roll the pastry into a rectangle approximately 20x13 cm.’
- ‘Line a large 9-inch pie plate or flan dish with shortcrust pastry, oatmeal pastry or potato.’
- ‘It then offered several sets of instructions for using dough in cookies, pastry, bread, and the like.’
- ‘Put some stuffing in the middle of a piece of pastry, then a steak, and some more stuffing.’
- ‘Spread it into the warm pastry case (or into the cold pastry, if it has been baked in advance).’
- ‘This had thin, short pastry nicely dusted with icing sugar and was delicious.’
- ‘The signature dish consists of filo pastry stuffed with haggis sitting on a sweet plum sauce.’
- ‘Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface to the thickness of a £1 coin.’
- ‘It's been a stodgy, indigestible day, rather like a failed suet pastry.’
- ‘Bake the pastry until golden brown, flattening it with a spatula if it begins to bubble during baking.’
- ‘Brush with egg mixed with water and bake in a hot oven, 200c till pastry is golden.’
- ‘Brush the pastry rim with egg or water then lay the rolled pastry on top.’
1. 1.1 An item of food consisting of sweet pastry with a cream, jam, or fruit filling.
  ‘brightly colored cakes and pastries’
  ‘The pudding menu changes daily to accommodate a repertoire of home-made ice creams, cakes and pastries.’
  ‘There were separate tables for vegetables, for breads, and for a cascading display of cakes and pastries.’
  ‘Temptations in the form of infinite variety of ice-creams and pastries were never resisted.’
  ‘I also tried a coconut cream pie with a chocolate base and pastry.’
  ‘By tradition on her name day, she would be expected to hand out gifts of cakes, sweets and pastries to villagers.’
  ‘Among the favourite snacks listed were chocolate, crisps, pastries and cakes, pies and sausage rolls.’
  ‘There is a fresh fruit section, pastries, salad, sandwiches, a main entrée and a pasta bar.’
  ‘A larger sister shop with pizza, gelato, pastries and more will open soon in the downtown.’
  ‘So how can French women put away as much ice-cream, rich pastries and steak frites as they want and yet stay so slim?’
  ‘On the ground floor, an array of cheeses, salamis, olive oil, fruit, nougat and pastries to die for.’
  ‘All over Germany there are Konditorei famous for their torte and kuchen, fruit tarts and pastries.’
  ‘This week we're going to do choux pastries, chocolate mousses and other sweet things.’
  ‘There was a wide variety of fruits and pastries that were beautifully arranged and decorated.’
  ‘Sweet snacks might then be seen as splitting into baked snacks like biscuits or pastries vs. confections like candy.’
  ‘Various pastries, tarts, scones and slices were on display, but my willpower stayed steadfast.’
  ‘At the end there are pastries and strudels of the sort that would be the toast of Vienna.’
  ‘You can even grow papayas and bananas so your pirates can have fruit pastries.’
  ‘For true authenticity, finish with sweet pastries, strong coffee and lots of dancing.’
  ‘Other popular desserts are pastries, milk and egg pudding, and rice pudding.’
  ‘For desserts, Canopy offers caramel custard, pastries or pudding, along with tea and coffee.’
  tart, tartlet, pie, pasty, patty, turnover, slice
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