How to Use choux pastry in a Sentence

choux pastry

noun
  • These delicate desserts are made using a base of pâte à choux, or choux pastry.
    — Molly Allen, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Remove from the oven, and let the choux pastry cases cool completely in a draft-free area.
    — Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 27 Apr. 2021
  • This recipe is a no-fuss take on the éclair, a beloved French pastry made with a base of pâte à choux, or choux pastry.
    — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • This recipe is a no-fuss take on the éclair, a beloved French pastry made with a base of pâte à choux, or choux pastry.
    — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2026
  • This recipe is a no-fuss take on the éclair, a beloved French pastry made with a base of pâte à choux, or choux pastry.
    — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 5 June 2026
  • The idea that contestants could break out into song while piping choux pastry doesn’t seem so far-fetched.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2023
  • And for dessert, Lopez has her own churro recipe, made to order with a French pâte à choux pastry dough.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2023
  • And for those who don't know, this is an old school French dessert that is essentially one giant choux pastry ring.
    — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Also known as cream puffs or chou à la crème, profiteroles are one of a handful of desserts that showcase French choux pastry.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Also known as cream puffs or chou à la crème, profiteroles are one of a handful of desserts that showcase French choux pastry.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Light-as-air choux pastry elevates the classic ice cream sandwich to an elegant spring dessert.
    — Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 30 Apr. 2020
  • The choux pastry is baked and cooled and then filled with pastry cream before being topped with a chocolate glaze or chocolate ganache to complete the delicious treat.
    — Molly Allen, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Éclair and Artistic Gymnastics Similar to cream puffs, éclairs are based on choux pastry.
    — Cece Pascual, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • Bake in preheated oven for 30-40 minutes in the center of the oven, or until the choux pastry shells puff up and are golden brown on top.
    — Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The novel is a lot more like a choux pastry or millefeuille, intricate and layered despite its core identity as a delectable treat.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 June 2021
  • Other newcomers specialize in vegan tacos on dragon fruit tortillas, or both sweet and savory choux pastries.
    — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Young will be on the main stage Friday in the expo center demonstrating the technique behind eclairs, profiteroles, and other pate choux pastries.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The eclair, compact tubes of still-crisp choux pastry piped with chocolate, coffee, or caramel pastry cream, are the best in Brooklyn, if not all of New York.
    — Chris Morocco, Bon Appétit, 8 Jan. 2020
  • These shows tend to foreground emotional labor—consolation, encouragement—along with their choux pastry and kitchen redos.
    — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Speaking of cake, desserts included a squishy square of it, soaked in cardamom syrup and topped with saffron ice cream, second only to the noon e khamei, ethereal, crackly choux pastry sandwiching dreamy rosewater cream.
    — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2023
  • His bakery specializes in French classics such as puffs from choux pastry, but also unique original creations, including a seasonal series with desserts shaped to look like real fruits.
    — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Alongside the fizz, food is served including the signature, photo-ready Choux Love dessert of four choux pastry buns, filled with mango and passion fruit and topped in letters spelling out Moët.
    — Nicole Trilivas, Forbes, 11 July 2022
  • Believed to originally come from Burgundy, these savory choux pastries are commonly made with grated Gruyère, but Comté or Emmentaler work just as well.
    — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 19 Dec. 2025
  • As a nod to the famous foie gras-everything profiterole next door, Canard will feature another famous choux pastry, a Paris Brest, currently with strawberries and toasted coconut.
    — Michael Russell, OregonLive.com, 16 Apr. 2018

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