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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Wrapped in puff pastry with slivers of jalapeño peppers, these retro pigs in a blanket will disappear fast at any party.
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Shelly Westerhausen Worcel, Midwest Living, 18 May 2026
Patch pretty puff pastry on the top of this famous comfort dish for an extra crunch.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
Place the second puff pastry sheet on top, making sure that the edges are aligned.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 2 May 2026
Ditto the shrimp toast—this is not your average toast experience, but rather more like a puff pastry, layered with shrimp, yuzu aioli and gojuchang.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2026
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Shelly Westerhausen Worcel, Midwest Living, 18 May 2026
Patch pretty puff pastry on the top of this famous comfort dish for an extra crunch.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
Place the second puff pastry sheet on top, making sure that the edges are aligned.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 2 May 2026
Ditto the shrimp toast—this is not your average toast experience, but rather more like a puff pastry, layered with shrimp, yuzu aioli and gojuchang.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for puff pastry
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“Puff pastry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puff%20pastry. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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