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Pastry
Pastry Definitions
Pastry History
Pastry Types
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Comon pastry dishes
Pies, tarts, quiches, pasties
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Define pastry
A type of food used in dishes such as pie or strudel
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Where is the tradition of pastry making traced to
the short crust era of flaky dough’s that was in use throughout the Mediterranean in ancient times
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What is a puff pastry
Many layers of dough and fat folded together to produce its flaky layered texture.
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Where did the name doughnut come from?
The english made pastries without holes and were made in the shape and size of walnuts and hence they were named donuts
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What gives pastry its flaky texture
Higher fat content
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Define pastry bag
A cone shaped bag used to make an even stream of dough or frosting, decorate a baked item, or fill a pastry with filling.
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In ancient Mediterranean, the Romans, Greeks and Phoenicians what style pastries did they use
filo-style
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What is the simplest most common pastry called
short crust pastry
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When is worldwide pastry day
The 9th of december
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How to make a good short crust pastry
Throughly bledning the fat and flour before adding any liquid
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Define pastry board
A square or oblong board where pastry is rolled out
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True or False Egiyptions did not make any pastries
False there is also strong evidence that Egyptians produced pastry-like confections
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What is a choux pastry
A very light pastry that is quite similer to dough allowing it to be piped into different shapes, it is often cream filled ex. Eclairs
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Why are doughnuts so popular with police officers?
Because in the 50's and 60's doughnut shops were one of the few open extrmemly early, so police officers would go for something to eat.
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What does over mixing of pastry cause
Long gluten strands that toughen the pastry
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Define pastry cutter
A kitchen tool used to properly combine fat and flour in a pastry dough
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Why did Greeks and Romans struggle with making a good pastry
because they used oil in the cooking process, and oil causes the pastry to lose its stiffness
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What is the paper thin pastry that is used in many layers
Phyllo
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What are the measurments for the worlds largest pastry?
16.25 feet long and 7.87 feet wide and weighed 660 pounds
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What is the pastry technique for Danish pastries and Croissants
Repeatedly rolling out the dough spreading it with butter and folding it to produce many thin layers.
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Define Viennoiserie
A term for laminated and puff pastry doughs
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Why were northern European pastry chef's able to produce good pastries
because they cooked with shortening and butter
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What is a cannoli
fried pastry dough tube (sometimes dipped in chocolate) is filled with a sweetened ricotta cream
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What was a good pastry considered to be?
One strong enough to be safely dropped down a mineshaft unharmed.