Pastries: English Vocabulary List

a type of pastry made from flour, butter or other fat, and water, typically used as a crust for pies, tarts, and quiches

"Shortcrust pastry is crumbly."

"Shortcrust pastry was crumbly and rich used for tarts and pies because it did not rise."

a thin, flaky dough used in many Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, and Balkan cuisines

"Filo pastry is paper-thin layers."

"Filo pastry was paper thin sheets brushed with butter and layered for crisp flaky pastries like baklava."

a light dough made with butter, flour, water, and eggs, used for making pastries like profiteroles and éclairs

"Choux pastry puffs when baked."

"Choux pastry puffed up hollow inside when baked perfect for cream puffs and eclairs."

a type of pastry known for its layers of thin, crispy, and buttery dough that is commonly used to make pies, turnovers, and other baked goods

"Flaky pastry has many layers."

"Flaky pastry had many thin layers that separated into light shards when cut or bitten."

a flaky dough made with layers of dough and butter that puffs up during baking, used in various pastries and baked goods

"Puff pastry rises dramatically."

"Puff pastry rose dramatically from steam trapped between hundreds of butter and dough layers."

a type of pastry dough that is woven or layered in a crisscross pattern to create an open, decorative lattice design

"Lattice pastry has crisscross pattern."

"The lattice pastry top was strips of dough woven over the pie filling in a crisscross pattern."

a wide range of sweet and savory pastries that are made in France and are known for their delicate and intricate preparation techniques, sophisticated flavors, and elegant presentation

"French pastry is delicate and buttery."

"The French pastry shop displayed beautifully crafted tarts eclairs and napoleons in the window."

a type of savory pastry that originated in Cornwall, England, consisting of a pastry shell filled with diced meat, potatoes, onions, and often other vegetables

"Cornish pasty has meat vegetables."

"The Cornish pasty was a folded pastry pocket filled with beef potato and onion originally for miners."

a flat pastry made with a yeasted dough containing apples, nuts, etc., sometimes topped with icing

"Danish pastry has apples."

"The Danish pastry was a sweet yeasted dough folded with butter to create flaky layers."

a Middle Eastern dessert, made with layers of thin pastry, nuts and syrup or honey

"Baklava layers nuts and honey."

"Baklava was layers of filo dough filled with chopped nuts and soaked in honey syrup."

a thin pancake rolled around cheese or fruit and then fried or baked, originally made by Ashkenazi Jews

"Blintz is filled crepe."

"The blintz was a thin pancake rolled around sweet cheese filling then lightly fried until golden."

a thin crispy biscuit that is shaped like a tube and flavored with ginger, filled with cream

"Brandy snap is rolled tube."

"The brandy snap was a lacy crisp cookie rolled into a tube and filled with whipped cream."

a sweet pastry consisting of nuts and candied cherries

"Florentine has nuts and caramel."

"The Florentine was a thin almond and honey cookie coated on the bottom with dark chocolate."

a type of pastry that is typically made with a sweet yeast dough and filled with almond paste or marzipan, shaped to resemble a bear paw

"Bear claw has almond filling."

"The bear claw was an almond filled pastry shaped with slices to resemble a claw."

an oval cake made with a light pastry, filled with cream or custard and topped with chocolate icing

"Eclair has cream filling."

"The eclair was an oblong choux pastry filled with vanilla custard and topped with chocolate fondant."

a fried or baked pastry filled with meat, cheese, vegetables, etc., mostly found in Spain and Latin America

"Empanada has savory or sweet filling."

"The empanada was a baked or fried pastry turnover filled with spiced meat cheese or fruit."

a crumbly topping made from a mixture of flour, sugar, and butter, often spiced with cinnamon, that is typically used to top cakes, muffins, and other baked goods

"Streusel is crumb topping."

"The streusel topping was a crumbly mixture of butter flour and sugar sprinkled over coffee cake."

a type of pastry or cookie made with a sweet, dough-like outer layer typically filled with a sweetened fig paste

"Fig roll has fig paste inside."

"The fig roll had a soft fig paste filling inside a pastry or cookie outer layer."

a Middle Eastern dessert made with shredded or thin noodle-like pastry, typically soaked in sweet syrup, layered with cheese or semolina cream

"Knafeh has cheese and syrup."

"The knafeh was a Middle Eastern pastry of shredded filo dough with cheese filling soaked in syrup."

a French pastry made from puff pastry that is typically rolled in sugar, folded and shaped into a palm leaf-like design

"Palmier is palm leaf shape."

"The palmier was a palm leaf shaped pastry made from puff pastry rolled with sugar."

a traditional Greek pastry made with layers of thin phyllo dough filled with sweet custard, semolina cream, or cheese

"Bougatsa has semolina custard."

"The bougatsa was a Greek pastry of semolina custard wrapped in filo and dusted with cinnamon and powdered sugar."

a traditional Bulgarian pastry made with layers of thin phyllo dough filled with a mixture of cheese, eggs, and yogurt or milk

"Banitsa has cheese and eggs."

"The banitsa was a Bulgarian cheese filled pastry made with filo or scratch dough."

a baked good made from dough or batter, often sweetened or filled with ingredients like fruit, nuts, or chocolate

"The pastry was flaky and sweet."

"The flaky pastry was filled with sweet apples and cinnamon, making it a delicious dessert."

a sweet pastry with a yeast-leavened dough filled with ground poppy seeds, sugar, and spices, baked until golden and often dusted with powdered sugar

"Poppy seed roll has poppy filling."

"The poppy seed roll was a sweet yeast bread filled with ground poppy seeds honey and nuts."

a traditional Italian dessert made of a crispy, tube-shaped shell, usually fried, filled with a sweet ricotta cheese filling

"Cannoli has creamy ricotta filling."

"The cannoli was a fried tube shaped shell filled with sweet ricotta cream and chocolate chips."

a type of French pastry that consists of a small, hollow case made from puff pastry, which is typically filled with a savory or sweet filling and served as an appetizer or dessert

"Vol-au-vent is hollow puff pastry."

"The vol au vent was a round puff pastry case filled with creamy chicken or seafood for elegant appetizers."

a Russian confectionery made of whipped egg whites, sugar, and fruit or berry puree, typically resulting in a marshmallow-like treat with a delicate and airy texture

"Zefir is fruit meringue candy."

"The zefir was a Russian marshmallow like confection made from fruit puree and egg whites."

a Russian or Ukrainian spiced honey cake or cookie typically flavored with spices such as ginger, cinnamon, and cloves

"Pryanik is spiced honey cake."

"The pryanik was a Russian spice cookie often filled with jam and glazed with sugar."