All pastries except filo/phyllo and strudel are primarily flour and butter, in a ratio between 1:1 (puff, danish, croissant) to 3:1 (choux). Shortcrust is normally a 2:1 ratio.
Sweet pastries will also normally contain eggs and sugar.
why is ration and proportion inportant when making pastry
The traditional ingredients used in making shu pastry are flour, butter, water, and eggs.
Pastry Arts is the skill of making pastries, deserts, breads and other baked goods
Pastry margarine performs better than butter in making puff pastry because of its high melting point. It does not melt quickly, thus allowing time for the puff pastry dough to rise sufficiently high while not making it heavy and soggy. Then as the temperature increases, the pastry margarine will then melt and infuse into the risen pastry, giving it its scrumptious flavor.
Whole wheat pastry flour enriches your baked goods without making them heavy.
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A "pastry" is a tart or flan with a pastry base with either a sweet or savory topping. Alternatively, a "pastry" can also refer to a yeasted and laminated dough (i.e puff pastry with yeast added) used for making danish pastrys and the like. Hence a croissant is a pastry. And a pastry is a type of food, food is not a completely separate thing.
Flaky pastry is a french technique that involves making a dough and spreading it out incredibly thin and then putting it in layers.
Any kind of shortening (fat) can be used for making pastry. Butter makes a melt-in-the-mouth delicious pastry.
it helps the ingredients to stick together
A pastry cutter with sharp blades and a comfortable handle is best for making perfectly flaky and uniform pie crusts.
The traditional recipe for making Italian lobster tail pastry involves creating a flaky pastry dough, filling it with a sweetened ricotta cheese mixture, shaping it into a lobster tail shape, and baking until golden brown.