Definition of pastry in English:

pastry

noun

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