Pain à la grecque

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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[edit]

^ 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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Filipino	Biscocho Buko pie Caycay Daral (food) Dinamita Egg pie Empanada Ensaïmada Hopia Lumpia Napoleones Ngohiong Ohaldre Otap Piaya Pilipit Shakoy Turon
French	Angel wings Beignet Bichon au citron Biscuit rose de Reims Broyé poitevin Canelé Chouquette Choux pastry Conversation tart Croissant Croquembouche Croustade Éclair Financier Gougère Jésuite Ladyfinger Macaron Madeleine Nun's puffs Pain au chocolat Pain aux raisins Palmier Paris–Brest Puits d'amour Religieuse St. Honoré cake Tuile Viennoiserie Vol-au-vent
Greek	Amygdalopita Bougatsa Fanouropita Filo Galaktoboureko Karydopita Koulourakia Moustalevria Pastafrola
Indonesian	Bahulu Bakpia Bakpia pathok Curry puff Makmur Milk pie Pie tee Roti john Roti tissue
Iranian	Gosh-e fil Kolompeh Koloocheh Komaj sehen Qottab Sohan asali
Italian	Baicoli Biscotti Biscotti regina Bocconotto Bombolone Cannoli Ciarduna Cornetto Crocetta di Caltanissetta Frittole Ladyfinger Pandoro Pasticciotto Pevarini Pignolata Pignolo Pizzelle Sfogliatella Struffoli Torta caprese Zeppola Zippula
Romanian	Cornulețe Gogoși Papanași Plăcintă Sfințișori
Scandinavian	Butterkaka Danish pastry Joulutorttu Klenät Kringle Rosettes Semla
Swiss	Birnbrot Blue cake Bündner Nusstorte Carac Cholera Schenkele Spanisch Brötli
Taiwanese	Egg yolk pastry Lek-tau-phong Pineapple cake Naiyou subing Suncake Taro pastry
Turkish	Bülbül yuvası Güllaç Kalburabastı Lady's navel Qurabiya Saray helva Şekerpare Sütlü Nuriye Torpedo dessert