flaky pastry

(Cookery) a rich pastry in the form of very thin layers, used for making pies, small cakes, etc

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Translations

pasta sfoglia

flaky pastry

n → Blätterteig m

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flaky pastry

n (Culin) → pasta sfoglia

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As regular readers know only too well, I'm seriously hacked off by the standard of this stuff and, if I see one more microwaved flaky pastry crash helmet appearing from a kitchen, I'll start practising a knife-throwing act with the nearest available chef as my glamorous assistant.

Going Out: Poor man's Chinese not up to scratch; THIS KOREAN EATERIE FAILS TO STRIKE IT RICH FOR OUR TAM

Little did I know when I was flunking cakemaking classes all those years ago that my inability to get my flaky pastry to rise would blight my children's futures.

Don't brand our kids failures because we flunked our exams

Greggs chicken bakes Exclusive to Iceland, PS1.79 THE pack of two offers bite-size chicken breast pieces in a creamy white sauce encased by flaky pastry.

FEEL A LITTLE BIT PECKISH? Don't chicken out of trying these fabulous poultry picks, you owe it to yourself to add them to your weekly shopping list says MARION MCMULLEN

Delightfully tasty wrapped in flaky pastry; it's a recipe for success.

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It's essentially a crispy pizza on an especially light and flaky pastry base, with any reasonable toppings you could consider plonked on top.

WORKING LUNCH; Steve Hogartyon the best places to grab a quick bite around the city

The cleaner must have had an off day, so when a fella off the telly and I arrived to do our show, we found ourselves knee deep in flaky pastry, finely minced sausage and dregs of beer.

I saw the dragon costume and went ahead - well head only! ANDY RICHARDSON

Now it has been revealed that sales of the flaky pastry delight have given both businesses a boost.

Greggs' vegan sausage sensation sends Quorn sales soaring

Pressing scraps together and rerolling them isn't a recipe for flaky pastry. But there's no reason you can't cut strips that you twist and dust with cheese to make cheese straws.

Frozen puff pastry: One of the best kitchen timesavers Puff: Use a sharp knife, and roll dough carefully

Flaky pastry wraps up a delicious mixture of mushroom and lentils, served with a sweet cranberry sauce.

CRACKING CRACKLING... ...BUT THE SERVICE COULD BE BETTER AT THIS CITY CENTRE FAVOURITE

Buttery, flaky pastry forms the base for their quiches, whereas I make my own rather peculiar pastry, but which has been made by me and been deemed delicious over the years by many.

Pulling power of pastry; Award-winning cook Claire Macdonald shares a recipe for delicious onion tart

This classic pie includes a flaky pastry crust, billowy whippedcream topping and, of course, a silky, aromatic, sweet-tart custard filling.

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The [pounds sterling]1 sausage roll, made with Quorn sausages encased in dairy-free flaky pastry launched at more than 900 shops across the country.

Vegan sausage rolls are almost impossible to buy in Cardiff because Greggs can't keep up with demand; People are fuming they can't get their hands on one