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French bread
Answer for the clue "French bread ", 7 letters:
brioche
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Brioche ( or ; ) is a pastry of French origin that is similar to a highly enriched bread , and whose high egg and butter content give it a rich and tender crumb. It is "light and slightly puffy, more or less fine, according to the proportion of butter and ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
enriched type of French bread, 1824, from French brioche (15c.), from brier "to knead the dough," Norman form of broyer "to grind, pound," from West Germanic *brekan "to break" (see break (v.)).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brioche \Bri`oche"\, n. [F.] A light sweet pastry (cake, bun or roll) made with flour, butter, yeast, and eggs. A knitted foot cushion.
Usage examples of brioche.
There were dishes and dishes, hot and cold, of kidneys, eggs, of cheeses and hams, hot breads in napkins, brioches, and chocolate.
I wondered how toasted brioche would taste with the plum jam, or whether I could make a good Cumberland sauce with the currant jelly.
The two rooms, one L shaped, the other U shaped, met on either side of a big granite-topped table, where Kady could beat the heck out of brioche dough and hurt nothing.
Maybe if she made herself recite the recipe for brioche, she could concentrate.
As I dialed the district attorney's office, I wondered how toasted brioche would taste with the plum jam, or whether I could make a good Cumberland sauce with the currant jelly.
I order the quail sashimi with grilled brioche and the baby soft‑shell crabs with grape jelly.