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🥐 A light dough 🧁 A small pastry
choux

choux

1 7.9
A light dough used to make desserts like éclairs and cream puffs
  • noun
  • /ʃu/
translation icon : pasta choux
  • Choux buns are, as you may expect, pâte à choux puffs cut in half to make tiny buns.
  • choux pastry

Examples

  • The chef demonstrated how to create light, airy cream puffs using choux pastry.

  • Choux buns are, as you may expect, pâte à choux puffs cut in half to make tiny buns.

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  • Slambers are braised lamb cheeks served on 'choux buns' with mint aioli and grainy Dijon mustard.

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  • Choux pastry is commonly used to make delicious éclairs filled with cream.

  • For dessert, I often prepare cream puffs using choux dough filled with pastry cream.

Synonyms

pâte à choux
vschoux
  • Specialized
9.9

A light dough used to make hollow pastry shells like éclairs and cream puffs

is mainly used for sweet desserts rather than savory dishes
pouf paste
vschoux
  • Archaic
9.9

A light dough used to make hollow pastry shells for fillings

is a thicker pastry dough rather than a loose batter

Compounds

pâte à choux
  • Specialized
9.9

A light dough used to make hollow pastry shells like éclairs and cream puffs

Surface Forms

choux singular
choux plural

Etymology

The word choux for the light pastry dough comes from the French word chou meaning 'cabbage'. Bakers called the dough this because the small baked shapes looked like little cabbages, so the dough used to make cream puffs and éclairs is called choux.