choucroute
/ˈʃuːkruːt
/noun [mass noun]
Pickled cabbage; sauerkraut.Here we serve 100 platefuls of choucroute a day....
- However, the German name Sauerkraut and the French choucroute (a corruption of the German) were already in use, and stuck when the technique changed.
- Chez Yvonne dishes up the best choucroute garnie, heaps of sauerkraut blanketed by cuts of pork and potatoes.
Origin
French, from German dialect Surkrut 'sauerkraut', influenced by French chou 'cabbage'.