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🥘 A French dish 🥬 Fermented cabbage
choucroute

choucroute

9.7
Finely shredded sour cabbage used as food or an ingredient
  • noun
  • /ˈʃuːkruːt/
translation icon : chucrut
  • The chef served traditional Alsatian choucroute with sausages and potatoes.

Examples

  • A plate of choucroute is often enjoyed with mustard and smoked meats.

  • I love choucroute with sausages.

  • She learned how to make homemade choucroute after visiting France.

  • The chef prepared a delicious choucroute for dinner.

  • The chef prepared a delicious dish of choucroute with sausages and potatoes.

  • For the festival, they served traditional choucroute made from locally harvested cabbage.

  • In Alsace, you can often find choucroute on the menu at many restaurants.

Synonyms

sauerkraut
vschoucroute
19 3.8

A food of shredded cabbage fermented in salt water and eaten as a sour side dish

is used more as an ingredient in cooked dishes rather than as a side
kraut
vschoucroute
4 5.3

Cabbage that people leave in salt until it becomes sour and eat as a side

is more specifically a finely shredded form often mentioned as an ingredient

Surface Forms

choucroute singular
choucroute plural

Etymology

Choucroute comes from the German words sauer and kraut, meaning 'sour cabbage'. It is the same food as English sauerkraut — shredded, fermented cabbage used in cooking, so choucroute can mean the cabbage itself.