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‘A pastry can be sweet.’

[⟨det pastry.n⟩ sweet.a]

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In Wikipedia:

A Kitchener bun is a sweet pastry, found in South Australia.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Sweet pastry, layered with sliced bananas resting on toffee sauce, covered in cream and then toffee swirls and cocoa for decoration.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

German pastries are so not sweet, and I still feel jipped (even though I’ve been back in New England for two years already!) Since it’s all of a sudden?
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In Wikipedia:

Among the food items that can be truly stated as being Majorcan are “sobrassada”, “arros brut” – saffron rice cooked with chicken, pork and vegetables – and, the sweet pastry, “ensamada”.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Another baked crunchy food is sinipit which is a sweet pastry covered in a crunchy sugar glaze, made to resemble a length of rope.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I don’t recall the fennel, but the crisp tart shell (slightly sweet pastry) and the octopus with the line fish was a fine balance of flavours and textures.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

This whole outfit remindes me of some yummy sweet pastry.
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However, this place has something a lot of the other little places in China Town don’t: a wonderful selection of Chinese pastries sweet and savory and many lovely looking Chinese drinks and various delights to tantalise.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He couldn’t help turning slightly to watch as the sweet pastry slid passed Xander’s lips.
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In Wikipedia:

They have a golden brown, glazed exterior appearance and a moderately sweet pastry, but their defining characteristic is the generous layer of squashed fruit which gives rise to the colloquial names “fly sandwiches”, “fly cemeteries”, “dead fly biscuits” or “squashed fly biscuits”, because the squashed fruit resemble squashed flies.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

All the tarts were made with a wonderful sweet pastry that was just the right balance between crisp and crumbly.
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In Wikipedia:

Geraardsbergen is known for the “mattentaart”, a type of sweet pastry.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Baklava (A type of sweet pastry found somewhere around Iranian Countries) 30.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Desserts were chocolate rolls and a super sweet pastry.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The sweet pastry is very delish but did not look like traditional pastry – I know it was supposed to be crumbly but mine was ridiculous!
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The sugared, milled mature seeds are eaten with pasta, or they are boiled with milk and used as filling or topping on various kinds of sweet pastry), Marchfeld asparagus and Wachau apricots which are cultivated.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Peel, core and quartered the apple and arrange in circular, pack them as tightly as? possible Cut butter into small pieces and scatter? them on top of apple Cook on low heat until it caramelized, if you see any gap and it will, tuck in another? apple? here and there Cool completely so it become confit (I normally leave it until the next day, it really? make a? big different in taste) The next day, or if you not patient enough, when it completely cool Roll out the sweet pastry Transfer the pastry on top of the apple and trim the excess Bake for 40–45 minutes or until dark brown on a 400 degrees oven Take out from the oven, wait for 5 minute before flip it over.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Commercial premade sweet pastry Frangipane Cream 150g unsalted butter 50g plain flour 150g caster sugar 3 medium eggs 150g ground almonds 1 / 2 tsp vanilla essence Figs 2 pears, peeled, decored and halved Glaze 2 tbsp apricot or seedless raspberry jam Method Mix the butter and sugar together in a mixing bowl until they are creamy and light.
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In Wikipedia:

There is also a sweet and flakey filled pastry with Polish origins called the Kolachky.
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Queried on 2013-05-25.