choucroute

American  

[shoo-kroot] / ʃuˈkrut /

noun

French.

1. sauerkraut.

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Example Sentences

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

I learned to prepare the dish from Mr. Kreuther and the chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten while working on their cookbooks, which include the choucroute recipes they both grew up preparing in their native Alsace.

From New York Times

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

But these massive plants can become a hearty meal: Choucroute garnie is a traditional spread from the region, a feast of sauerkraut — sûrkrût in Alsatian, which means sour herb — potatoes, mustard and a frankly unholy pile of pork: knuckles, jowls, shoulders, bellies and feet, pickled or cured or turned into sausages.

From Washington Post

“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