chou·croute (shōō-krōōt') n. An Alsatian dish of sauerkraut with wine, sausages, pork, and juniper berries.
[French choucroute (garnie), (garnished) sauerkraut, alteration (influenced by chou, cabbage) of German dialectal sûrkrût : Old High German sūr, sour + Old High German krūt, cabbage, kraut.]