Meaning of chou pastry | Babel Free

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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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