Pastry Quiz

________ is a rich crust made from a flour dough.

• Bread

• Pastry

• Tart

• Cookie

Which is not one of the four ingredients needed to prepare a pastry?

• Fat

• Flour

• Salt

• Baking Soda

• Cold Water/liquid

Pastry has a high proportion of ____________.

• Fat

• Salt

• Flour

• Liquid

A ____________ is used to cut the fat into the flour when preparing pastry.

• Hand mixer

• Dough hook

• Pastry blender

• Whisk

Kitchen tool used to roll out pastry.

• Egg separator

• Pastry cloth

• Hand blender

• Rolling pin

Fluting is done to prevent puffing of pastry during baking.

• True

• False

Docking is crimping or twisting the edges of pastry to form decorative edges.

• True

• False

Pastry should not be mixed together too much by hand or it will begin to crumble.

• True

• False

Blind baking is used to ____________.

• enhance the crust's flavor

• pre-cook the crust before adding wet fillings

• increase the baking time

• make the pastry more flaky

Which ingredient could be considered a 'shortening' in pastry making?

• Butter

• Sugar

• Eggs

• Yeast