Pain à la grecque
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Pain à la grecque.
The pain à la grecque (literally "Greek bread") is a typical Brussels pastry consisting of a simple rectangle of milk bread, brown sugar, and cinnamon sprinkled with granulated sugar.[1]
The name does not refer to Greece, but is derived from grecht, a word in the local dialect meaning ditch.[2]
References[]
- ^ Nicole Hanot et Charles-Xavier Ménage. Nos recettes anciennes et belges. CD-Rom des Bibliothèque et musée de la Gourmandise. ISBN 2-9600307-0-2.
- ^ Belgium and Luxembourg, 1988. Fodor's Travel Publications. 1987. ISBN 978-0-679-01471-3.
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- Belgian cuisine
- Pastries
- Culture in Brussels
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