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 meal concludes with a selection of desserts including warm chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream, carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, and puff pastry rhubarb tart with marzipan ice cream.
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Unfortunately, the Network Synergy Gods demanded a sacrifice, i.e., 15 minutes of Olympians asking Italian grocers for puff pastry.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 6 June 2025
Classic French dishes Carême pioneered included vol-au-vent, filling a puff pastry with savory foods, and tournedos Rossini, a French steak topped with foie gras.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
The available desserts on the prix fixe menu are profiteroles, a French puff pastry, and chocolate mousse.
—Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Unfortunately, the Network Synergy Gods demanded a sacrifice, i.e., 15 minutes of Olympians asking Italian grocers for puff pastry.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 6 June 2025
Classic French dishes Carême pioneered included vol-au-vent, filling a puff pastry with savory foods, and tournedos Rossini, a French steak topped with foie gras.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
The available desserts on the prix fixe menu are profiteroles, a French puff pastry, and chocolate mousse.
—Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Puff pastry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puff%20pastry. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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