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]

Pain à la grecque

The name does not refer to Greece, but is derived from grecht, a word in the local dialect meaning ditch.[2]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Belgium and Luxembourg, 1988. Fodor's Travel Publications. 1987. ISBN 978-0-679-01471-3.


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