A croustade is a French culinary term meaning a crust or pie-crust of any type. They are usually made of

flaky pastry Flaky pastry, also known as quick pastry, blitz pastry or rough puff, is a light and thin unleavened pastry that is similar to, but distinct from, puff pastry. It is often called quick pastry or blitz pastry in reference to the short time its pre ...

puff pastry Puff pastry, also known as ', is a flaky light pastry made from a laminated dough composed of dough (') and butter or other solid fat ('). The butter is put inside the dough (or vice versa), making a ' that is repeatedly folded and rolled out befo ...

, but there are also bread croustades (''croustade de pain de mie''), potato croustades (''petites croustades en pommes de terre duchesse''), rice, semolina and vermicelli croustades, among others. The term is derived from the Occitan and Catalan term ''crostada'', and the English term custard derives from it. Skeat: 1911. Page 125.

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