English Explanatory Dictionary

Paris-Brest

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dessert consisting of a ring (representing a bicycle wheel) of choux pastry filled with praline and topped with flaked almonds.

Word forms

Paris-Brest Paris-Brests

Etymology

Borrowed from French Paris-Brest, from the French names of the two cities, so called to commemorate the 1,200 km Paris–Brest–Paris bicycle race in 1891.

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