tart

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The pastry dough for the tart is a frequent go-to recipe that I can vary from flaky-tender to cookie-crisp, depending on the amount of sugar I use (from 1 / 3 to 2 / 3 cup).

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  1. adjective Having a sharp pungent taste; sour. See Synonyms at sour.
  2. adjective Sharp or bitter in tone or meaning; cutting.
  3. noun A pastry shell with shallow sides, no top crust, and any of various fillings.
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  • There were mint leaves swirling in the lemonade pitcher and she knew from the taste of it--tart, perfect--that he had made it himself, probably just for her. —  Lippman, Laura - [Tess Monaghan 01] - Baltimore Blues
  • The pastry dough for the tart is a frequent go-to recipe that I can vary from flaky-tender to cookie-crisp, depending on the amount of sugar I use (from 1 / 3 to 2 / 3 cup). —  SFGate: Top News Stories
  • Valentine's friends immediately replied that they of course knew and that everyone knows and the store owner said that he knew too and that he was just about to put a sign on the window about his special yummie strawberry and cream tart, which is of course heart shaped. —  Knox
  • Green beer is often sour or tart, and you'll probably have to chase it down with a shot of whiskey. —  The Toque
  • Sweet and tart, the fruit's purple wrinkly exterior and soft edible seeds lend an exotic beauty and sensuality to the holiday. —  Cool Hunting
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  1. Middle English, from Old English teart, severe; see der- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Middle English tarte, from Old French, perhaps alteration of tartane, from Late Latin torta, a kind of bread.

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  1. from Middle English tart, from Anglo-Saxon teart, sharp, acid, severe; perhaps, with formative -t, from teran (preterit tær), tear: see tear.
  2. from tart, a.
  3. from Middle English tarte = D. taart = Danish tærte = German torte = Breton tarte, from Old French tarte, variant of torte, tourte, French tarte, tourte = Spanish Portuguese Italian torta (also tartera, Florio), from Middle Latin torta, also tarta, a cake, tart, also dough, mass, so called as being twisted, from Latin torta (sc. placenta, cake?), feminine of tortus, past participle of torquere, twist: see tort. The alteration of the radical vowel (o to a) was prob. due to some confusion; the word is now often mentally associated with tart, a., some tarts (e. g. fruit tarts) having an acid taste.
 

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