crème pâtissière

noun

Confectioner's cream, pastry cream.

OriginFrench crème pâtissière →
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Meanings

nouncrème pâtissière (uncountable)

alternative creme patissiere · alternative creme pat

  1. uncountableConfectioner's cream, pastry cream.

    Press plastic wrap onto the surface of the crème pâtissière to prevent a film forming and refrigerate. When completely cold, fold in the whipped cream.

    2006 September 19, Neil Perry, The Food I Love, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 419

Origin

  1. Frenchcrème pâtissière
  2. Englishcrème pâtissière

French crème pâtissière.

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APA

crème pâtissière. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cr%C3%A8me%20p%C3%A2tissi%C3%A8re

MLA

“crème pâtissière.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cr%C3%A8me%20p%C3%A2tissi%C3%A8re. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crème pâtissière,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cr%C3%A8me%20p%C3%A2tissi%C3%A8re.

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