Danish pastry
Danish pastry noun: a sweet and flaky yeast-raised roll made from a dough using butter or margarine and filled with remonce (butter and sugar) or custard.
Noun
Danish pastry (plural Danish pastries)
- A sweet and flaky yeast-raised roll made from a dough using butter or margarine and filled with remonce (butter and sugar) or custard.
- Danish pastries are made in essentially the same way as croissants. The initial dough is moister and softer, includes sugar and also whole eggs, so it's sweeter, richer, and distinctively yellow, and it isn't given an initial rising.2004, Harold McGee, chapter 10, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- Danish
Synonyms of Danish pastry
Forms of Danish pastry
| plural | Danish pastries |
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Origin of Danish pastry
So named because they were introduced to the United States via Copenhagen.
Questions about Danish pastry
- What does Danish pastry mean?
- Danish pastry means a sweet and flaky yeast-raised roll made from a dough using butter or margarine and filled with remonce (butter and sugar) or custard.
- What part of speech is Danish pastry?
- Danish pastry is a noun.
- What is the plural of Danish pastry?
- The plural of Danish pastry is Danish pastries.
Words near Danish pastry in the dictionary
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