chewy crust
Dense, resistant perimeter
Chewy crust describes bread or pizza crust with a pleasantly dense, elastic texture that requires some effort to bite through—distinct from crispy or crumbly crusts.
The chewiness comes from gluten development and moisture retention: I love a good Neapolitan pizza with a chewy crust.
The term appears most often in food writing and menu descriptions.
- breadLeavened flour product
- artisanSkilled manual tradesperson
- sourdoughWild-yeast bread starter
- baguetteElongated crusty loaf
- wood firedHeated using timber fuel
artisan loaf · brick oven · golden · golden brown · crispy · tender · texture · bakery · oven · fresh · fresh baked · warm · bite · crackle · pull · pull apart · stretch · doughy
texture
chewy crustcrispy crust
Hard, flaky outer layer
flaky crust · phyllo · soft crust · shortcrust · puff pastry
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