puff pastry

noun

: a pastry dough containing many alternating layers of butter and dough or the light flaky pastry made from it

called also puff paste

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Careful seasoning and spicing is key to the success of dishes like escargots ($17) with plenty of garlic butter and buttery puff pastry and ravioli ($17) with wild mushrooms, pea shoots, a touch of sage and parmigiano. John Mariani, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 For this dish, a beef tenderloin is coated in pâté de foie gras or a mushroom purée and then wrapped in puff pastry. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024 Total time: 2 hours This recipe is not only tasty but impressive with its puff pastry lattice crust. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2024 In place of the puff pastry that was the Heat’s victories the past two games against the Portland Trail Blazers and Washington Wizards comes one of the toughest stretches of the Heat’s schedule. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for puff pastry 

Word History

First Known Use

1788, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of puff pastry was in 1788

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“Puff pastry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puff%20pastry. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.

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