flaky pastry

noun

1. a rich pastry in the form of very thin layers, used for making pies, small cakes, etc

Example Sentences

These are not the Pop-Tarts you ate after school; buttery, flaky pastry is covered with a creamy glaze and speckled with pink sugar and edible flowers, all encasing deep red cherry preserves.

From Washington Post

Saganaki provides a floor show when a slab of fried cheese is splashed with brandy and set aflame at the table, and spanakopita sounds off with an audible crackle — and a shower of flaky pastry — when diners bite down on the spinach- and feta-filled phyllo packets.

From Washington Post

Flaky pastry, warm, runny cheese, what’s not to like?

From New York Times

Flaky pastry, warm, runny cheese, what’s not to like?

From New York Times

It takes no fewer than six thwacks to break through the salty-sweet pastry top of the next course, a take on cottage pie that buries beneath a flaky pastry crust a fluffy, infused potato mousseline and a roasted-carrot purée with grilled snap peas and ground rib-eye patty.

From Los Angeles Times