egg binds the ingredients together and gives moisture and richness
No. Eclairs are made from choux pastry. Choux pastry involves cooking flour,butter and water, then adding egg. The egg acts as a leavening agent in a choux pastry. A puff pastry uses layers of butter or other solid fat between a bread type dough that puffs up due to air and water expansion between layers of fat and dough for leavening, it does not contain egg.
what are the uses of pastry?
When making a quiche or a pastry, the egg plays a very important role. The purpose of the egg is to help hold all of the other ingredients in the dish together.
Quiche, quiche Lorraine, and egg tarts are popular recipes that feature egg pastry as a key ingredient.
Separate the yolk from the egg white, then beat the egg yolk with a whisk (or fork) and use a pastry brush to lightly brush the egg onto the dough/pastry before baking.
Some people coat pastry with a bit of beaten egg, before putting it into the oven.
A cupcake is a small dessert considered as a pastry.
Egg yolk or egg white mixed with a small amount of water or milk. It's brushed over breads, pastry and other baked goods before baking to give them color and gloss.
it helps the ingredients to stick together
Egg yolk in pastry provides richness, flavor, and tenderness due to its fat content. It also contributes to the golden color and helps with browning during baking. Additionally, egg yolks act as emulsifiers, helping to bind ingredients together and create a smooth texture in pastries.
Lumpia is a pastry similar to egg roll, that is popular in the Philippines and Indonesia.
Pastry brush