How to Use profiterole in a Sentence
profiterole
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The wet, chewy dough of profiteroles and the hard, dense carrot cake took the shine off the dessert menu.
—Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 6 June 2019
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Dessert was crème brûlée, passion fruit mousse and a profiterole topped with chocolate sauce.
—Elizabeth Field, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2017
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Non-porcine options include chicken-liver terrine, a catch-of-the-day fish and duck, and the profiteroles with vanilla ice cream and hot chocolate sauce should not be missed.
—Alexander Lobrano, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018
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Head to this Lakeview restaurant for their profiteroles with sour cherry, sassafrass and shiso flavors.
—Shelbie Lynn Bostedt, RedEye Chicago, 17 Nov. 2017
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Save room for after dinner, when foie gras also makes another appearance, this one on the dessert menu: foie gras profiteroles served with caramel sauce and sea salt.
—Mike Morris, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2019
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Still, the film vividly evokes the drama of a fine meal, and the epic journey from aspic to profiteroles that Tower helped elevate to the level of an artistic experience.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2017
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There are six varieties of gin-and-tonic, and no fewer than twelve desserts: profiteroles and madeleines, flourless chocolate cake and chocolate pot de crème, tarte au citron and tarte tatin.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2020
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Housemade desserts were subtle instead of sugary, including tiramisu ($10) and airy, creamy profiteroles ($12).
—Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Aug. 2019
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Desserts like profiteroles and brownie sundaes are well executed: good chocolate sauce here, Toscanini's ice cream there.
—BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2019
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Shoemaker's menu includes French onion soup; black truffle winter gnocchi; salmon and porcini ragu; and profiteroles.
—Jenn Harris, latimes.com, 19 Feb. 2018
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Desserts included Baked Alaska and Turkish-style profiteroles.
—Julie Jordan, PEOPLE.com, 12 June 2019
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Ten main courses follow, under Plats Principaux, and then come a dozen desserts that more or less describe themselves: profiteroles, chocolate pot de crème, a cheerfully sour lemon tart.
—New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
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The same sense of enterprise came through in desserts that ranged from sophisticated cheesecake with raspberry and sage to playful profiteroles with roasted banana caramel.
—Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Apr. 2018
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Desserts include pecan carrot cake, caramel profiteroles, chocolate marquise cake, bread pudding, pineapple fritters and cupcakes, along with chocolate eggs.
—Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 28 Mar. 2018
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Split profiteroles and pipe blackberry filling on bottom halves, dividing evenly.
—Marian Cooper Cairns, Country Living, 2 Mar. 2017
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Rochambeau, a French brasserie offering fare ranging from coq au vin to profiteroles, is officially opening this week in the Back Bay, according to restaurant representatives.
—BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2019
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As a nod to the famous foie gras-everything profiterole next door, Canard will feature another famous choux pastry, a Paris Brest, currently with strawberries and toasted coconut.
—Michael Russell, OregonLive.com, 16 Apr. 2018
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Midweek, Sevilla and his staff begin their work: emulsifying ganaches, piping profiteroles, baking and decorating cakes.
—Simran Sethi, Washington Post, 24 July 2019
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