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Pastries

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is not a main ingredient in choux pastry?

a)

Flour

b)

Fat

c)

Salt

d)

Eggs

2.

A light, crisp pastry with a hollow interior. Steam is the leavening agent.

a)

Laminated Pastry

b)

Pate a Choux

c)

Tart

d)

Plain Pastry

3.

Shortbread dough is traditionally used to prepare:

a)

Pumpkin pie

b)

Cream puffs

c)

Apple Pie

d)

Fruit tarts

4.

A high quality tart pastry would be described as:

a)

Golden brown, hollow interior

b)

Golden brown, tender flaky layers, easy to cut

c)

Golden brown, puffed appearance, hundreds of layers

d)

Golden brown, crumbly texture, sweet flavor

5.

What is the leavening agent in pate a choux?

a)

baking powder

b)

yeast

c)

steam

d)

baking soda

6.

Which of the following will cause your pastry to become tough?

a)

too much water

b)

too many folds

c)

omitting the salt

d)

too much butter

7.

French term that means “put in place”. It includes assembling all the necessary ingredients, equipment, and tools needed to perform the task.

a)

mise in plus

b)

mice en plus

c)

mise en place

d)

mise en plas

8.

This is a dough of flour, water and shortening (solid fats, including butter) that may be savory or sweetened.

a)

pastry

b)

cake

c)

bread

d)

cookies

9.

This a type of light pastry that is filled with whipped cream or a sweetened cream filling and often topped with chocolate.

a)

cream puff

b)

croissant

c)

danish pastry

d)

puff pastry

10.

Pastries that consist of two components: the first, relatively thin pastry (pie) dough, when baked forms a crust (also called pastry shells) that holds the second, the filling.

a)

french pastries

b)

pies and tarts

c)

croissant

d)

danish pastry

11.

When starch granules swell when cooked with liquid, then burst open and release the starch, causing the liquid to thicken...

a)

Viscosity

b)

gelatinisation

c)

plasticity

d)

emulsification

12.

Unfilled pastries as well as pastries with fresh fillings must be stored in the fridge

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Why is the temperature of the water important?

a)

Holds the crust together

b)

Helps melt the fat

c)

Makes crust flaky

d)

Keeps the fat from melting

14.

What happens when you handle the dough too much?

a)

Toughens the dough

b)

Softens the dough

c)

Makes the dough flaky

d)

Makes the dough sticky

15.

Stretching the dough will cause the dough to _______ during cooking

a)

Break

b)

Shrink

c)

Rise

d)

Burn

16.

How do you seal the top and bottom crust together?

a)

Rub water and pinch

b)

Rub oil and pinch

c)

Stretch dough under and pinch

17.

Which ingredient is NOT used to thicken up a fruit pie?

a)

Flour

b)

Sugar

c)

Constarch

d)

Tapioca

18.

What utensil is used to 'cut in' pie ingredients?

a)

Whisk

b)

Hand mixer

c)

Pastry blender

d)

Teaspoon

19.
All of the following are main ingredients in pastries EXCEPT 
a)
Flour
b)
Salt
c)
Fat
d)
Milk
20.
Pastries are rich in
a)
Water
b)
Salt
c)
Sugar
d)
Fat
21.
The ingredient that gives structure to pastry is
a)
Flour
b)
Fat
c)
Water
d)
Salt
22.
Fat is the ingredient that
a)
Provides Structure
b)
Makes it tender and flaky
c)
Hold Ingredients together
d)
Provides Flavor
23.
 A single crust pie crust that is filled later is called a
a)
Tart
b)
Shell
c)
Savory
24.
What temperature should the water be when making pie crust
a)
Hot
b)
Room Temperature
c)
Ice Cold
25.
Miniature or small pies are called
a)
Doughnuts
b)
Tarts
c)
Turnovers
d)
Pies
26.
To crimp or twist edge of pie crust before baking
a)
Flute
b)
Decorate
c)
Braid
d)
Press
27.

similar to a pie except it is made in a shallow, straight-sided pan, often with fluted edges, can be any shape and size

a)

Pie

b)

Tart

c)

Cobbler

28.

Always begin rolling from the ___________ to the __________ edge of the crust.

a)

Outer, center

b)

Outer, left

c)

Center, outer

d)

Center, left

29.

When making meringue for a pie the eggs should be

a)

cold

b)

at room temperature

c)

heated before whipping

30.

When a meringue weeps it is

a)

letting off beads of water on the top of the meringue

b)

soft and over beaten, runs over the edge

c)

wet between the filling and meringue and slides off the filling

d)

under beaten and does not stand up