pastry

Everyday

1. A pastry is a small baked sweet food made with dough, like a croissant, a Danish or a tart. tree →
2. Pastry is the dough made of flour, fat and water that is used for pies and tarts. tree →

In the lessons

a thing counted, made and sold by a baker, next to cakes; in cooking, pastry is rolled out for pies; phrases «puff pastry», «pastry chef», «pastry shop»

Examples

• The baker made 140 pastries. tree →
• He sold 103 pastries. tree →
• How many pastries did he have left? tree →
• How many more pastries than cakes did he sell? tree →
• I had a pastry with my hot chocolate. tree →
• Roll the pastry out thin for the pie. tree →
• The pastry chef makes cream puffs. tree →
• Puff pastry has lots of thin layers. tree →
• A sausage roll is wrapped in pastry. tree →
• The pastry shop smelled of butter. tree →
• But just as the Country Mouse was about to nibble a dainty bit of pastry, she heard a Cat mew loudly and scratch at the door. tree →

Note

A thing counted. «made» adds, «sold» takes away. Trap: cakes and pastries are counted apart. «Pastry» (dough) is uncountable, «pastries» (things to eat) are counted. Do not mix up with «pasta».