chouquette
Sign in to saveChouquettes () or petits choux are small pieces of French patisserie consisting of small spheres of choux pastry, sugared and baked. The term was known in the 16th century, and was originally applied to small savoury spheres. Since the late 17th century choquettes have been sweet.
Key facts
- Food.name
- Chouquette
- Food.image
- Chouquette (cropped).jpg
- Food.alternate_name
- Petits choux
- Food.country
- France
- Food.course
- Petits fours
- Food.served
- Hot or cold
- Food.main_ingredient
- Choux pastry, sugar
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Chouquettes () or petits choux are small pieces of French patisserie consisting of small spheres of choux pastry, sugared and baked. The term was known in the 16th century, and was originally applied to small savoury spheres. Since the late 17th century choquettes have been sweet.
==History == In The Oxford Companion to Food, Alan Davidson writes that the term is of long standing: "A street cry in the 16th century was '' [all hot]." According to (The Treasury of Health), published by Jean-Antoine Huguetan in 1607:
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