choucroute
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The inspiration for cooking ham on the stove came from choucroute, a dish of smoked, cured and fresh pork simmered with sauerkraut and wine.
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
But a July choucroute, fermented for months since the previous year’s harvest, will have a more acidic bite.
From Washington Times • Jul. 10, 2019
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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