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profiterole

/prəˌfɪdəˈroʊl/
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Other forms: profiteroles

A profiterole is a small French pastry that's filled with cream and often drizzled with chocolate.

You can think of a profiterole as a bite-sized cream puff. This delicacy is made by baking airy choux pastry and then piping pastry cream, whipped cream, or even ice cream inside. A particularly impressive way to serve profiteroles is to pile them into a tower that's held together with strands of caramel — a fancy dessert called a croquembouche. In French, profiterole means "small profit," or "small treat given as a reward."

Definitions of profiterole
  1. noun
    a small, round pastry usually filled with cream and topped with chocolate
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    type of:
    pastry
    any of various baked foods made of dough or batter
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