Paris–Brest
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This article is about the sweet pastry. For the cycle race after which it is named, see Paris–Brest–Paris.
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A Paris-Brest is a French dessert, made of choux pastry and a praline flavoured cream.
[edit] History
The pastry was created in 1891 to commemorate the Paris–Brest–Paris bicycle race.[1] Its circular shape is representative of a wheel. It became popular with riders on the Paris-Brest cycle race, partly because of its energy-giving high calorific value, and is now found in pâtisseries all over France.[2] Alan Richman of GQ Magazine named the Paris-Brest pastry at Balsan, Chicago the best dessert in the U.S. for 2010.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Mollois, Emmanuel. Et Voila. Fremantle Press
- ^ Tom Kevill-Davies (2009-06-16). "Paris Brest - The Breakfast of Champions". The Hungry Cyclist. http://www.thehungrycyclist.com/blog/2009/06/paris-brest.html. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
- ^ http://www.gq.com/food-travel/alan-richman/201101/best-desserts-2011-alan-richman
