Lexical entry

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Light pastry dough used to make cream puffs and eclairs.

Food & DrinkPure GairaigoSource: French

Meaning

A light pastry dough made of butter, water, flour, and eggs, which puffs up in the oven; often refers to the resulting cream puff itself.

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シュークリーム

A choux pastry filled with cream.

パイシュー

A cream puff wrapped in a layer of crisp puff pastry.

シューアイス

A choux pastry shell filled with ice cream instead of custard.

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