Pastries

Pastries

Any food such as a pie or tart whose crust is made of a baked dough or paste consisting primarily of flour, water and shortening.

Industry: Baked goods

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Crème patisserie

Baked goods; Pastries

Crème patisserie, also called confectioner's custard, is pastry cream.

Chiffon pie is created by starting with a custard base, and adding egg whites and gelatin to produce a light, fluffy texture. Chiffon pie can be in a variety of flavors, including but not limited to ...

Cheese straws

Baked goods; Pastries

Crisp pastry strips, baked with cheese. Sometimes the strips are twisted before baking. The cheese straws can also be flavoured with cinnamon or citrus for a sweeter taste.

Chess pie

Baked goods; Pastries

A simple recipe of eggs, sugar, butter and vanilla, with brown sugar and corn syrup as additional optional ingredients. Chess pie is very sweet and has a cornmeal crust.

Cannoli tart

Baked goods; Pastries

A cannoli tart is cannoli cream in a pie crust, topped with a strawberry.

Catherine's pastry

Baked goods; Pastries

Plain, consisting of pastry flour and baking powder (1/2 teaspoon), which creates a flaky texture. Usually used as a base for a cream pie.

Cannoli

Baked goods; Pastries

Of Sicilian origins, cannoli (singular: cannolo) consist of a crunchy, fried dough tube filled with various flavoured creams. "Cannolu" means "little tube". Fillings vary from sweetened ricotta, ...