French pastry

plural French pastries

1. A confection made from puff pastry often filled with fruit or custard.

   Although he had never heard of Lenotre—the godfather of modern French pastry—he liked their advertisement in the phone book.

   2011, Mitch Stamm, The Pastry Chef's Apprentice, page 18

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   Carl Ingstrom was the first to arrive, and he knew from past experience that Elizabeth would have some of his favorite French pastry.

   2006, R. Michael Hoy, The Diary

   In a gorgeous little package as pretty as a French pastry, including decorative blank pages in back that tear out so readers can doodle their own masterpieces, this sweet book is an ideal gift for anyone longing for la belle vie.

   2013, Anna Corba, Doodling in French: How to Draw with Joie de Vivre