Type | Pastry |
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Course | Dessert |
Place of origin | France |
Main ingredients | Choux pastry, praline cream |
A ParisâBrest is a French dessert made of choux pastry and a praline flavoured cream, covered with flaked almonds.
The pastry, round, i.e. wheel-shaped, was created in 1910 by Louis Durand, pĂątissier of Maisons-Laffitte, at the request of Pierre Giffard, to commemorate the 1,200 km (750 mi) ParisâBrestâParis bicycle race he had initiated in 1891. [1] The pastry, providing typically 640 kcal largely from fat and sugar, [2] became popular with riders on the ParisâBrestâParis cycle race, partly because it provided the calories required for intensive sports and its intriguing name, and is now found in pĂątisseries all over France. [3]
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