Pastry basics
A baked good, often made from sweet and flaky dough.
What is a pastry?
Dish baked in a round tin with a filling, usually fruit but also meat, or custard.
What is pie?
Someone who bakes pastries for a living and has lots of patience and attention to detail.
What is a pastry chef?
Flour, butter, salt, and water.
What are pastry ingredients?
French puff pastry in the shape of a crescent.
What is a croissant?
What is light and airy but firm enough to hold its shape?
What are desirable traits of pastry dough?
Putting dough in refrigerator.
What is "chilling" the dough?
Pastry filled with egg, cheese and meat.
What is quiche?
Mid-16th Century.
When did pastry recipes begin appearing?
pastry that expands when baked, due to the number of layers.
What is "puff" pastry?
baked dish with a filling over a pastry base with an open top, usually fruit based with custard.
What is a tart?
Protein found in flour that makes doughs tough and should not be developed in pastry dough.
What is gluten?
French for pastry.
What is patisserie?
British pastry, typically filled with meat and vegetables.
What is a Pasty?
Famous french pastry chef and founder of "Lenotre"
Who is Gaston Lenotre?