chouquette

Definitions

A small choux pastry made with dough sprinkled with sugar.

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Examples

“The chouquette clung to the most secret membranes of my palate, its sensual softness embraced my cheeks, its indecent elasticity caused it to congeal immediately in a homogeneous and unctuous paste which the sweetness of the sugar enhanced with a hint of perfection.”

““Let⟳ me show⟳ you how to do the chouquettes. I keep⟳ thinking it'd be fun to cut⟳ this thin and stringy like⟳ spaghetti, drizzle on some chocolate and powder, and call⟳ them "chouquettis." But that's crazy! Yeah. [grunts, pants]” “Wait⟳, Bertie, that's such a good idea. What if we made them your way?” “Now? During actual business hours?” “Well, Pastry Pete did leave⟳ you in charge for the day.” “Hmm.””

“When I pop into my favorite boulangerie for a snack, I know⟳ I’ll probably leave⟳ with a bag of chouquettes.”

“The pop-ups, most of them in Paris, vary⟳ in cuisine, ambition and price. They include⟳ a food hall around the Palais de Tokyo selling chouquettes, bao and gazpacho alongside a virtual-reality swimming experience⟳ (85 euros, to start⟳), […]”

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