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Pastry
Chap 14, 15 studying
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Culinary Art
Undergraduate 1
05/22/2011

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A yeast roll rich in butter & eggs but relatively low in sugar, often made up w/a round topknot & baked in flaring, fluted tins.
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Brioche
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A type of sweet, crumbly topping made of fat, sugar and flour.
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Streusel
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A sweet yeast roll soaked in rum-flavored syrup.
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Baba
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A rich, crescent-shaped roll made from a rolled-in dough that is low sugar.
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Croissant
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A sweet, rolled-in dough made into many shapes, usually with a sweet filling or topping.
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Danish
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Pastry
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-comes from the word "paste."
-is basically a mixture of flour, liquid & fat.
-refers to both doughs & the products made from them.
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Puff Pastry = fate feuilletee
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Eclair paste = pate a choux
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Tart shells should be made thinner than for pies.
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For a large tart, a good choice for the crust would be a pate brisee. (it is similar to enriched pie pastry)
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Uneven rising and shapes in puff pastry products could be the result of 1) not letting dough relax, 2) using an improper rolling in procedure...
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...3) uneven heat in the oven, and 4)uneven distribution of fat before rolling.
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To make eclairs and cream puffs, the dough used goes by 3 different names. What are they?
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pate a choux, eclair paste, choux paste
(also, this dough should be used w/in the hour of making.)
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It is very important to bake cream puffs and eclairs thoroughly and to cool them slowly so they don't
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collapse.
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The best flour to use for making eclair paste is
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bread flour
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If the fruit pieces you are going to use in your tarts are hard, it is a good idea to ____until they soften.
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Saute them lightly in butter and sugar (NOT boil or microwave them.)
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A ___ is an apple dessert that is made in a skillet and cooked both on the stovetop and in the oven.
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Tarte Tatin
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An orange brulee tart is finished with a blowtorch or in the salamander.
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A Mirabelle Pithiviers is made using half of a bottle cap as a tool.
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