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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The strudel begins with a baked puff pastry base, generously layered with Bavarian cream and lightly glazed berries and other seasonal fruit.
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Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Comes in three flavors cream cheese, cinnamon and the French King Cake, known as the Galette De Rois, which is made of puff pastry with almond marzipan filling.
—Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Jan. 2026
Frozen puff pastry makes this pot pie extra pretty and gives you a flaky golden top without having to fuss with a pie crust.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2026
Place puff pastry on the prepared baking sheet and set Brie in the center.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Dec. 2025
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Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Comes in three flavors cream cheese, cinnamon and the French King Cake, known as the Galette De Rois, which is made of puff pastry with almond marzipan filling.
—Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Jan. 2026
Frozen puff pastry makes this pot pie extra pretty and gives you a flaky golden top without having to fuss with a pie crust.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2026
Place puff pastry on the prepared baking sheet and set Brie in the center.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Puff pastry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puff%20pastry. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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