List of pastries
List of Pastries
A pastry is a type of baked goods that is typically made from ingredients such as flour, sugar, milk, butter, baking powder, and eggs. The word "pastry" comes from the Old French pâtisserie, itself from pâtissier, a pastry cook. The pastries can be elaborately decorated, or they can be plain. In this article, we will discuss a list of pastries.
Croissant
Pronunciation: /krwɑːˈsɒ̃/ Etymology: From French croissant, meaning "crescent". A croissant is a buttery, flaky, viennoiserie pastry of Austrian and French origin, named for its historical crescent shape.
Danish pastry
Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪnɪʃ ˈpeɪstri/ Etymology: Named after the country of Denmark. A Danish pastry is a multilayered, laminated sweet pastry in the viennoiserie tradition.
Eclair
Pronunciation: /eɪˈklɛər/ Etymology: From French éclair, meaning "flash of lightning". An eclair is an oblong pastry made with choux dough filled with a cream and topped with chocolate icing.
Macaron
Pronunciation: /ˌmakəˈrɒn/ Etymology: From French macaron, possibly derived from the Italian maccarone or maccherone. A macaron is a sweet meringue-based confection made with egg white, icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond meal, and food coloring.
Tart
Pronunciation: /tɑːrt/ Etymology: From Old French tarte, from Latin tarta. A tart is a baked dish consisting of a filling over a pastry base with an open top not covered with pastry.
Mille-feuille
Pronunciation: /mil fœj/ Etymology: From French mille-feuille, meaning "thousand-leaf". A mille-feuille is a pastry of French origin consisting of thin puff pastry layers separated by pastry cream.
Cannoli
Pronunciation: /kəˈnoʊli/ Etymology: From Italian cannolo, meaning "little tube". A cannoli is a Sicilian pastry dessert consisting of tube-shaped shells of fried pastry dough, filled with a sweet, creamy filling.
Profiterole
Pronunciation: /ˈprɒfɪtəroʊl/ Etymology: From French profiterole, possibly derived from profit, meaning "small gift". A profiterole, or cream puff, is a filled French choux pastry ball with a typically sweet and moist filling of whipped cream, custard, pastry cream, or ice cream.
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