Pastries Flashcards

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Puff pastry( pate feuilletee)

A

rich, buttery dough
bakes into hundreds of light, crisp layers

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Croissant and danish pastry’s to puff pastry

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rolled in dough, but does not contain yeast, nor chemical leavner, steam causes it to rise

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Butter in puff pastry

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best for flavor and melt in mouth quality, but hard to work with and brittle when cold
Shortening is used but no flavor

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4
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detrempe

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paste made with flour an water during the first stage of preparing a pastry dough, especially rolled in dough’s

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bouchées

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small puff pastry shells that can be filled and served as bite size hors d’oeuvre or petits fours

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vol-au-vents

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deep, individual portion-sized puff pastry shells, often shaped as a heart, fish or fluted circle; they are filled with a savory mixture and served as an appetizer or main course

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feuilletées

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square, rectangular or diamond-shaped puff pastry boxes; may be

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Ecalir paste (pate a choux)

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bakes until golden brown, criso pastry, moslty air pockets, with moist dough

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cream puffs

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baked rounds of éclair paste cut in half and filled with pastry cream, whipped cream, fruit or other filling

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profiteroles

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small baked rounds of éclair paste filled with ice cream and topped with chocolate sauce

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croquembouche

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a pyramid of small puffs, each filled with pastry cream; a French tradition for Christmas and weddings, it is held together with caramelized sugar and decorated with spun sugar or marzipan flowers

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éclairs

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baked fingers of éclair paste filled with pastry cream; the top is then coated with chocolate glaze or fondant

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Paris-Brest

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rings of baked éclair paste cut in half horizontally and filled with light pastry cream and/or whipped cream; the top is dusted with powdered sugar or drizzled with chocolate glaze

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beignets

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squares or strips of éclair paste deep-fried and dusted with powdered sugar

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churros

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a Spanish and Mexican pastry in which sticks of éclair paste flavored with cinnamon are deep-fried and rolled in sugar while still hot

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crullers

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a Dutch pastry in which a loop or strip of twisted éclair paste is deep-fried

17
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gougère

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écair pastry flavored with cheese baked and served as a savory hors d’oeuvre

18
Q

When is eclair paste cooked?

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before baking

19
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What is used to cook eclair paste?

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flour is being added to water, milk and butter
breaks down starches , adsorb liquid, speeds gelanization
Eggs added to levan
batterlike, without process it will not puff up