choux pastry
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Partial calque of French pâte à choux.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]choux pastry (countable and uncountable, plural choux pastries)
- A type of light pastry (made just from butter, water, flour and eggs) that is used to make profiteroles, éclairs, chouquettes, etc.
- Synonyms: choux paste, cream puff pastry
- If you don't get your choux pastry just right, the profiteroles will taste foul.
- 2013, Holly Herrick, The French Cook - Cream Puffs & Eclairs, Gibbs Smith, →ISBN:
- Similarly, choux pastry is a much beloved and ultraversatile pastry that is truly unlike any other. Where most pastries—such as a short pastry used in tarts—rely on minimal gluten activation to maximize crispiness and tenderness, choux pastry […]
Translations
[edit]light pastry
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Further reading
[edit]- choux pastry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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