choux pastry
Noun
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choux pastry (countable and uncountable, plural choux pastries)
A type of light pastry (made just from butter, water, flour and eggs) that is used to make profiteroles, éclairs, chouquettes, etc.
Synonyms: choux paste, cream puff pastry
If you don't get your choux pastry just right, the profiteroles will taste foul.
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Every party needs a sweet ending, so the short list of desserts includes pudín de pan y dulce de leche ($8), a Cuban-style slice of firm, sticky-sweet bread pudding, and hojaldre de guayaba ($6), a tender turnover of choux pastry filled with guava chunks.
Chocoholics will love the Totally 66% which is choux pastry filled with caraibe cream patisserie topped with caraibe glaze and decorated with dark crunchy pearls and dark pieces of chocolate.
The choux pastry in the icecream profiterole dish was equally unappetizing, it was declared to be uncooked.
The pastry actually consists of two layers: the outside pie-crust-like pastry is nice and crunchy, while the inside choux pastry is light and airy.