Sentence examples for a delicate pastry from inspiring English sources

Surrounding and supporting the chocolate is a delicate pastry shell, thin but as butter-rich as shortbread.

We started with a Parmesan sable, a delicate pastry that's essentially a savory shortbread, with artichoke and pata negra, the fine Spanish ham.

Gingerly, tenderly, he rubbed the scabbed flesh and dented bone as he explained how he would feel at the same time this coming Saturday when, rather than politely turning down the offer of a delicate pastry from a pretty Italian waitress in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, he would be only hours away from leading England into battle against a bruising pack of meaty forwards from the Azzurri.

A hearty "Low Country boil," filled with shrimp, sausage and local produce, is likely to be followed the next evening by chicken and boursin cheese wrapped in a delicate pastry shell.

Vermont Rolling Pins are hand turned, in eight styles, including a hefty classic Shaker model (top); a simple column; a lighter, sharply tapered French style (center) that is a dream to use for delicate pastry; and several finished with handsome carved finials and handles.

When it comes to lemon tart, keep it simple – this should be an elegant, rather than a fussy dish, with a silky, zingy filling encased in thin, delicate pastry, and, in this instance, decorated with slim slices of candied lemon, to add just a hint of interesting bitterness.

Tea comes in a shapely glass pot, set atop a glass-cradled candle warmer, accompanied by a plate of delicate pastries, including a melt-in-your-mouth crescent-shaped sugar cookie.

Perfect ruby raspberries, stippled with glaze to render them all the more jewel-like, are cushioned on delicate pastry cream and poised on a moist frangipane filling set into a crisp cookielike crust.

In lobster vol-au-vent, a house favorite, creamy leeks filled the delicate pastry shell, and claw meat were playfully posed with green and white asparagus spears.

Open until 7pm every day except Sunday, its first-floor restaurant serves traditional dishes such as couscous and brik, a delicate stuffed pastry typically served during Ramadan.

A delicate puff pastry base (vol-au-vent) held a small handful of perfect dilled shrimps laved with a cream-pinked tomato sauce.