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🥐 A light dough 🧁 A small pastry
choux

choux

8.2
A small round pastry made from light dough and often filled with cream
  • noun
  • /ʃu/
translation icon : profiterol
  • She learned to make choux for her French pastry class.

Examples

  • Guests enjoyed the delicate choux at the afternoon tea party.

  • The bakery displayed a tray of fresh choux filled with vanilla cream.

  • I love to eat choux filled with chocolate cream.

  • The bakery sells delicious choux pastries.

  • She baked a tray of choux filled with rich vanilla cream for the party.

  • At the bakery, I couldn't resist trying the delicious choux topped with chocolate glaze.

  • The chef demonstrated how to make the perfect choux pastry for eclairs during the class.

Synonyms

pastry
vschoux
90 1.0

A baked item like a croissant or tart that people often eat with coffee

is a specific small round baked item made from a particular dough
puff
vschoux
37 2.3

A light hollow pastry often filled with cream

is limited to those made from one particular pastry dough
profiterole
vschoux
3 7.2

A small round pastry with cream inside and chocolate on top

is similar but usually without the extra topping emphasis
French pastry
vschoux
2 3.2

A sweet baked treat from France often filled with cream or jam

is a single small filled example rather than the whole national dessert category
chou
vschoux
9.9

A small round pastry filled with sweet cream that is light and airy

has identical meaning but is an alternate written or spoken form

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 small round pastry comes from the French chou meaning 'cabbage' because the puffs look like tiny cabbages. That is why cream-filled puffs and similar treats are simply called choux in pastry shops.