A pastry is a sweet or savoury baked food which is made with a dough of flour,water and shortening (solid fats,including butter or lard).Pastries were first created by ancient Egyptians, one of the earliest forms of pastry was made by combining flour and water into a paste which was then wrapped around meat to be baked.Pastries were later developed in the Middle East and would eventually be brought to Europe, gaining popularity in the medieval period. By the 1600s, different types of pastry were developed, such as flaky pastry which is made from many thin layers or puff pastry which is a very light mixture with a lot of air in it.My personal favourite are sweet pastries with delicious fillings such as custard,chocolate or cream.
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