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

puff pastry Puff pastry, also known as , is a light, flaky pastry, its base dough () composed of wheat flour and water. Butter or other solid fat () is then layered into the dough. The dough is repeatedly rolled and folded, rested, re-rolled and folded, encas ...

, 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'', which derive from Italian ''crostata'', and the English term

custard Custard is a variety of culinary preparations based on sweetened milk, cheese, or cream cooked with Eggs as food, egg or egg yolk to thicken it, and sometimes also flour, corn starch, or gelatin. Depending on the recipe, custard may vary in con ...

derives from it. Skeat: 1911. Page 125.

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