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fond brisé

English translation: shortcrust (pastry) base/case

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French term or phrase:	fond brisé
English translation:	shortcrust (pastry) base/case
Entered by:	Conor McAuley

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10:56 Nov 6, 2009

French to English translations [PRO]
Food & Dairy / Letter from pastry-making company

French term or phrase: fond brisé

Product specs (table, format a bit messed up):

"Fond sucré / précuitFond brisé / à cuire

diam. ( mm )45 / 55 / 80 / 100 / 220 /260 / diam. ( mm )100 / 100 / 120 / 220 / 260 / 270
weight ( g )8 / 15 / 27 / 45 / 250 / 350 / weight ( g )45 / 65 / 70 / 230 / 350 / 430"

Conor McAuley KudoZ activity Questions: 797 (9 open) (4 without valid answers) (46 closed without grading) Answers: 1798 France
Local time: 16:29

shortcrust (pastry) base/case

Explanation:
I would translate this as a pastry 'base', although judging from the web ref this could equally be a pastry 'case'.

Selected response from:

Jeux_de_Mots
Germany
Local time: 16:29

Grading comment

Thanks to JdM and everybody who contributed.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

shortcrust (pastry) base/case

Jeux_de_Mots

4 +2

pastry case

Penny Hewson

shortcrust shell

Emmanuelle Debon

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

shortcrust (pastry) base/case

Explanation:
I would translate this as a pastry 'base', although judging from the web ref this could equally be a pastry 'case'.

Reference: http://www.lechodugout.com/product-284.html

Jeux_de_Mots
Germany
Local time: 16:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Thanks to JdM and everybody who contributed.

17 mins confidence:

shortcrust shell

Explanation:
I think a "shell" is the usual term for "fond de tarte"...

Emmanuelle Debon
France
Local time: 16:29
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 4

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

pastry case

Explanation:
Brisé is short-crust pastry so this is the base or case.

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Note added at 22 mins (2009-11-06 11:19:08 GMT)
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Yes, I take your point about adding shortcrust, I was thinking bout the space on the table

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Note added at 22 mins (2009-11-06 11:19:24 GMT)
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Sorry about!

Penny Hewson
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English