profiterole

Examples

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• CYRIL: Nigel, why aren't you eating your profiteroles?

  Phantom Thread (2017)

• Look, just go order my profiteroles, will you?

  The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

• Did you like the profiteroles?

  Compulsion (2013)

• You know, the secret to making a good profiterole is you have to freeze the pastry first.

  Compulsion (2013)

• Georgina liked profiteroles.

  The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

• Every day, after a rich lunch, we were plied with nigh-irresistible desserts: cheesecake, chocolate tortes, profiteroles, beignets—you name it.

  Blog text (8)

• The chocolate sauce drizzled over the freshly baked profiteroles made them look incredibly tempting.

• At the party, everyone enjoyed the delicious profiteroles that were filled with whipped cream.

• For dessert, I decided to indulge in a plate of profiteroles topped with melted chocolate.

Synonyms

P

puff

vsprofiterole

45 2.3

A light hollow pastry often filled with cream

is specifically round and commonly served with chocolate sauce on top

C

choux

vsprofiterole

1 8.2

A small round pastry made from light dough and often filled with cream

is more often finished with chocolate sauce as a serving detail

C

chou

vsprofiterole

1 9.9

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

is usually topped with chocolate sauce rather than served plain

Surface Forms

Etymology