chouquette

English

Etymology

From French chouquette.

Noun

chouquette (plural chouquettes)

  1. A small choux pastry made with dough sprinkled with sugar.
    • 2009, Muriel Barbery, translated by Alison Anderson, “The Illumination: Rue de Grenelle, the Bedroom”, in The Gourmet, London: Gallic Books, →ISBN, page 120:
      The chouquette clung to the most secret membranes of my palate, its sensual softness embraced my cheeks, its indecent elasticity caused it to congeal immediately in a homogeneous and unctuous paste which the sweetness of the sugar enhanced with a hint of perfection.
    • 2019 May 3, Lee Sung Jin, “The New Bird” (14:47 from the start), in Tuca & Bertie‎[1], season 1, episode 8, spoken by Bertie Songthrush (Ali Wong):
      “Let me show you how to do the chouquettes. I keep thinking it'd be fun to cut this thin and stringy like spaghetti, drizzle on some chocolate and powder, and call them "chouquettis." But that's crazy! Yeah. [grunts, pants]” “Wait, Bertie, that's such a good idea. What if we made them your way?” “Now? During actual business hours?” “Well, Pastry Pete did leave you in charge for the day.” “Hmm.”
    • 2021, Molly Wilkinson, “Chouquettes”, in French Pastry Made Simple: Foolproof Recipes for Éclairs, Tarts, Macarons and More, Salem, Mass.: Page Street Publishing Co., →ISBN:
      When I pop into my favorite boulangerie for a snack, I know I’ll probably leave with a bag of chouquettes.
    • 2024 July 15, Priya Krishna, “France’s Approach to the Olympics: Food, With a Side of Games”, in The New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 July 2024:
      The pop-ups, most of them in Paris, vary in cuisine, ambition and price. They include a food hall around the Palais de Tokyo selling chouquettes, bao and gazpacho alongside a virtual-reality swimming experience (85 euros, to start), […]

Further reading

French

Etymology

From chouc (itself a diminutive of chou) +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

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Noun

chouquette f (plural chouquettes)

  1. chouquette (a small choux pastry made with dough sprinkled with sugar)
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