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pâte fermentée

pâte fermentée noun: a pre-ferment made by preserving a portion of dough from an earlier batch.

Noun

pâte fermentée

  1. A pre-ferment made by preserving a portion of dough from an earlier batch.
    Synonyms:
    old dough, scrap dough

Synonyms of pâte fermentée

  • old dough
  • scrap dough

Origin of pâte fermentée

Unadapted borrowing from French pâte fermentée (“fermented dough”).

Questions about pâte fermentée

What does pâte fermentée mean?
Pâte fermentée means a pre-ferment made by preserving a portion of dough from an earlier batch.
What part of speech is pâte fermentée?
Pâte fermentée is a noun.

Words near pâte fermentée in the dictionary

  1. Pârâul Mare
  2. Pârâul Mic
  3. Pârâul Negru
  4. pâte brisée
  5. pâte de verre
  6. pâte fermentée
  7. pâte feuilletée
  8. pâte-sur-pâte
  9. pâtisserie
  10. pâtisseries
  11. pâtissier

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