Pastry vs Confection - What's the difference?
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A baked food group which contains items made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.
(label) The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.
(label) The place where pastry is made.
* 1591 , , IV. iv. 2:
A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
The act or process of confecting; the process of making]], compounding, or [[prepare, preparing something.
The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
(dated) An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
(dated) Something, such as a garment or a decoration, seen as very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also seen as impractical or non-utilitarian.
* 2007 , , Primal Desires
(pharmacology) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
As nouns the difference between pastry and confection
is that pastry is a baked food group which contains items made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc while confection is a food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.As a verb confection is
to make into a confection, prepare as a confection.pastry
English
(wikipedia pastry)Noun
(pastries)- They call for dates and quinces in the pastry .
Derived terms
* pastry flourAnagrams
*confection
English
Noun
(en noun)- The table was covered with all sorts of tempting confections .
- The defense attorney maintained that the charges were a confection of the local police.
- She found a sexy, lacy confection in a lingerie drawer and quickly slipped into it.
