Meaning of chou pastry | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Shrimp eclair (a $10 appetizer) was ruined because, although the filling of shrimp, asparagus and mushrooms was good, the chou pastry was truly awful, as heavy as lead and with the texture of cardboard.”

“The Paris-Brest suffers the treatment better, a rich cream between the two big chou pastries, slivered hazelnuts and much confectioners’ sugar across the top.”

“Chouquettes are chou pastry balls, the size of a plum, which are topped off with some little chunks of sugar.”

“His recipes, from souffle potatoes to black pudding or a Saint Honore - balls of caramel-topped chou pastry filled with whipped cream - are picked straight from the repertoire of Paris pre-World War II.”

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