World Baking Day
World Baking Day
World Baking Day
technical terms
related to
pastry
products
RICKY JAY BATULAN
ARAVELA E. BIGNO
01 Culinary Terms Related
to Pastry Products
Pâte à Choux
AA dessert
dessert made
made with
with aa mold
mold
lined
lined with
with ladyfingers
ladyfingers oror
sponge
sponge cake
cake and
and filled
filled with
with
mousse,
mousse, custard,
custard, or
or fruit.
fruit.
Gateau
A
A French
French term
term for
for cake,
cake,
often
often used
used to
to refer
refer to
to
elaborate
elaborate layered
layered cakes.
cakes.
Macaron
A
A delicate
delicate French
French pastry
pastry
made
made of of almond
almond flour,
flour,
egg
egg whites,
whites, and
and sugar,
sugar,
filled
filled with
with ganache,
ganache,
buttercream,
buttercream, or or jam.
jam.
Pithivier
A
A round,
round, puff
puff pastry
pastry piepie
filled
filled with
with almond
almond cream
cream
or
or frangipane
frangipane and
and often
often
decorated
decorated with
with aa lattice
lattice
pattern.
pattern.
Brioche
AA rich,
rich, buttery,
buttery, and
and
slightly
slightly sweet
sweet bread-like
bread-like
pastry,
pastry, often
often shaped
shaped into
into
aa loaf
loaf or
or individual
individual rolls.
rolls.
Palmier
A
A crispy,
crispy, flaky
flaky pastry
pastry
made
made from
from puff
puff pastry
pastry
dough,
dough, shaped
shaped like
like aa
palm
palm leaf
leaf or
or elephant
elephant
ear.
ear.
Technical Terms Related
to Pastry Products
Blind Baking
Pre-baking a pastry
crust without a filling
to ensure it is fully
cooked and prevents
it from becoming
soggy.
Crumb Coat
Applying
Applying aa thin
thin layer
layer of
of
icing
icing or
or frosting
frosting to
to seal
seal
in
in crumbs
crumbs before
before
applying
applying the
the final
final layer.
layer.
Pastry Cream
A
A thick,
thick, smooth
smooth
custard
custard used
used as
as aa
filling
filling for
for pastries,
pastries,
made
made with
with milk,
milk, eggs,
eggs,
sugar,
sugar, and
and
cornstarch.
cornstarch.
Laminated Dough
A
A dough
dough that
that is
is repeatedly
repeatedly
folded
folded and
and rolled
rolled with
with layers
layers
of
of butter
butter to
to create
create aa flaky
flaky
texture,
texture, as
as in
in croissants
croissants oror
puff
puff pastry.
pastry.
Piping
Using
Using aa pastry
pastry bag
bag
with
with aa fitted
fitted nozzle
nozzle to
to
pipe
pipe dough,
dough, batter,
batter, or
or
icing
icing into
into desired
desired
shapes
shapes oror patterns.
patterns.
Pricking
Making
Making small
small holes
holes in
in
the
the dough
dough with
with aa fork
fork
to
to prevent
prevent itit from
from
puffing
puffing up
up during
during
baking.
baking.
Mise en Place
The
The process
process ofof gathering
gathering
and
and preparing
preparing allall the
the
ingredients
ingredients and
and
equipment
equipment needed
needed
before
before starting
starting aa recipe.
recipe.
Ganache
A
A mixture
mixture of
of chocolate
chocolate
and
and cream,
cream, used
used as
as aa
filling,
filling, glaze,
glaze, or
or frosting
frosting
for
for cakes
cakes and
and pastries.
pastries.
Sugar Syrup
A
A mixture
mixture ofof sugar
sugar and
and
water
water cooked
cooked together
together to
to
create
create aa sweet
sweet syrup
syrup used
used
for
for glazing
glazing or
or moistening
moistening
pastries.
pastries.
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