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flaky pastry

flaky pastry noun: a form of pastry in which the fat (shortening) is rolled into the dough to produce a flaky texture.

Noun

flaky pastry (countable and uncountable, plural flaky pastries)

  1. A form of pastry in which the fat (shortening) is rolled into the dough to produce a flaky texture.

Forms of flaky pastry

pluralflaky pastries
alternative formflakey pastry

Questions about flaky pastry

What does flaky pastry mean?
Flaky pastry means a form of pastry in which the fat (shortening) is rolled into the dough to produce a flaky texture.
What part of speech is flaky pastry?
Flaky pastry is a noun.
What is the plural of flaky pastry?
The plural of flaky pastry is flaky pastries.

Words near flaky pastry in the dictionary

  1. flakings
  2. flakka
  3. flaks
  4. flaky
  5. flaky pastries
  6. flaky pastry
  7. flam
  8. flam paradiddle
  9. flam paradiddles
  10. flam-new
  11. flamadiddle

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