Today day is December 9 Pastry Day observed every year. In the 7th century, pastry-making developed as a culinary art form in the Middle East. Culinary historians often consider French pastry chef Antonin Careme (1784 – 1833) to have been the original great master of pastry making in modern times. The Egyptians made doughnut-like pastries out of crude flour and honey, and then dipped them in wine.
There are many different types of pastry. Pastry is made with ingredients such as flour, sugar, milk, butter, shortening, baking powder and eggs.
The types of pastry vary depending on the type of pastry dough they are made with. Short crust pasty is the most common pastry as it is the easiest to cook. It is made with flour, cooking fat, salt and water. To make sweetened short crust pastry, egg yolks and sugar are added.
Pastrys come into categories: like Shortcrust pastry – simplest and most common, Sweetcrust pastry – similar to the shortcrust but sweeter, Flaky pastry – simple pastry that expands when cooked, Puff pastry – has many layers that cause it to puff when baked, Choux pastry – very light pastry that is often filled with cream or other fillings, Phyllo pastry – paper-thin pastry dough that is used in many layers.
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Pastrys come into categories: like Shortcrust pastry – simplest and most common, Sweetcrust pastry – similar to the shortcrust but sweeter, Flaky pastry – simple pastry that expands when cooked, Puff pastry – has many layers that cause it to puff when baked, Choux pastry – very light pastry that is often filled with cream or other fillings, Phyllo pastry – paper-thin pastry dough that is used in many layers.
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