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English translation: puff pastry


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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Dutch term or phrase:bricvel
English translation:puff pastry
Entered by: Kate Hudson
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14:05 Aug 26, 2003
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / culinary
Dutch term or phrase: bricvel
this is from a recipe - clearly a sheet of something, but what?
Mary McCusker
Local time: 17:30
puff pastry
Explanation:
There are very few references to brique pastry on google and for the average cook the translation of this as a square of puff pastry will work better than giving them a term that is scarcely used anywhere!
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Kate Hudson
Netherlands
Local time: 23:30
Grading comment
Many thanks - I had not even realized they were one and the same.
Take care.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1sheet of brique pastry
writeaway
4 +1puff pastry
Kate Hudson
4brick leaf
Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sheet of brique pastry


Explanation:
.. 4 sheets of brique pastry. ... On a dry, clean counter lay out the brique. Brush it with egg wash and place 1/4 of the filling just bellow center of each pastry. ...
www.coloradohandl.com/ article.cfm?mag_id=1&Section_ID=38 - 26k -

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... My fillet of spring lamb wrapped in \"brique pastry\" was thoroughly cooked through, dry and highly unimpressive. The pastry was soggy ...
www.hamhigh.co.uk/archived/2002/ 0524/features/food1.asp - 26k - 24 Aug 2003 -

. presented, on a bed of lentils infused with a sweet carrot emulsion) and striped bass (served with a thin, cigarillo-size tube of brique pastry filled with ...
www.newyorkmetro.com/pages/details/2240.htm - 27k -

At Home With Patricia Wells
... My favorite of the evening was their croustillant de Roquefort aux poires, salade d\' endives aux noix: Brique pastry was filled with a mix of Roquefort cheese ...
www.patriciawells.com/reviews/iht/2000/1606.htm

writeaway
Local time: 23:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Danielson: apparently often used in combo with "Moroccan"
3 days23 hrs
  -> same as phyllo pastry. nothing at all to do with puff pastry. hope others will not be misled by the erroneous KOG entry.
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
brick leaf


Explanation:
Melted goat’s cheese -
... Cut the brick leaf into two disks. ... Place a spoonful of cheese paste in the brick leaf, add some chopped mint, and fold in the shape of a triangle. ...
www.acp-aix.com/en/Recipe/melted-goatcheese.htm

Epic Dining, February 2003 (restaurant review) - [ Traduire cette page ]
... $8!), crepe-like crab "txangurro" sauteed in a brick leaf with mango and red pepper salsa (magical! $8!), and of course, gateau Basque and piperade stew. ...
www.sfstation.com/restaurants/epicdiningfeb03/

Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen
France
Local time: 23:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
puff pastry


Explanation:
There are very few references to brique pastry on google and for the average cook the translation of this as a square of puff pastry will work better than giving them a term that is scarcely used anywhere!


    coloradohandl.com/ article.cfm?mag_id=1&Section_ID=38 -
Kate Hudson
Netherlands
Local time: 23:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Many thanks - I had not even realized they were one and the same.
Take care.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  J. Leo
18 hrs

neutral  Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen: this is definitely not the same thing!! Puff pastry is "bladerdeeg" A "brick leaf" is a whitish one layer sheet of pastry, nothing to do with bladerdeeg !
15 days

neutral  writeaway: no-brique pastry is certainly not the same as puff pastry
16 days
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