french pastry

  • 1French pastry — n. rich pastry, usually filled with preserved fruit, whipped cream, etc …

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  • 2French pastry — French′ pas′try n. coo a rich dessert pastry, esp. one made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit • Etymology: 1920–25 …

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  • 3French pastry — /frɛntʃ ˈpeɪstri/ (say french paystree) noun a short pastry, as used for piecrusts and filled with rich creams, fruit preparations, etc …

  • 4French pastry — noun sweet filled pastry made of especially puff paste • Hypernyms: ↑pastry • Hyponyms: ↑napoleon …

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  • 5French pastry — noun Date: 1847 a rich pastry filled especially with custard or fruit …

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  • 6French pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, esp. made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations. [1920 25] * * * …

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  • 7French pastry — пирожное …

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  • 8Pastry — This article describes Pastry in food. For the Distributed Hash Table system, see Pastry (DHT). Pastry is the name given to various kinds of baked goods made from ingredients such as flour, butter, shortening, baking powder or eggs. It may also… …

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  • 9Pastry War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=The Pastry War partof= caption= date=November 1838 March 1839 place=Mexico territory= result=French victory combatant1= combatant2= commander1= commander2= strength1=30,000 strength2=3,000 casualties1=… …

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  • 10Pastry War — ▪ Mexican history       (1838–39), brief and minor conflict between Mexico and France, arising from the claim of a French pastry cook living in Tacubaya, near Mexico City, that some Mexican army officers had damaged his restaurant. A number of… …

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