choucroute
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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An army of servers brings out platters with choucroute, then Alsace cheeses and the traditional kougelhopf pudding.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
What I love most about choucroute is the way smoked ham hocks and slab bacon soak up the wine, perfumed with piney juniper berries, while becoming tender and staying juicy.
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2022
It doesn't take much — my waiter at one venerable bistro gave me both a wink and the shooty finger when I ordered the choucroute.
From Salon • Feb. 11, 2022
“At that time the dish merely consisted of cabbage. By the nineteenth century, potatoes were added. When various meats and charcuterie appeared with it, it became choucroute garnie.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2022
He is particularly mute when he and Moushumi get together for dinners with groups of her French friends, drinking Pernods and feasting on couscous or choucroute, smoking and arguing around paper-covered tables.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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