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far breton en · NOUN

Etymology

From French far breton.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A traditional cake or dessert from the Brittany region in France, with a base similar in composition to a clafoutis batter, a flan-style eggs-and-milk custard with flour, with prunes or raisins commonly added.
   • Everyone becomes addicted to my tomato flamiche, my far breton made with figs and also my Croatian pepper biscuits. 2011 February 18, Barbara Unković, “Visitors”, in Weeds in the Garden of Eden: A Journey Back to Family Roots, and Life in a Traditional Croatian Village, London: Austin Macauley Publishers, published 2013, →ISBN, page 138:
   • We finished off this Breton-inspired meal with homemade far breton, a flan chock-a-block with plump, moist prunes, lightyears from the often-profferred, dried-up version. 2003, “Le Pays de Vannes”, in Rosa Jackson, editor, Paris Eating & Drinking (Time Out Paris), 6th edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 156, column 1:
   • Old-fashioned orange cake (recipe follows); brioche; and far breton – a flan-style specialty from Brittany – are among the family favourites that she shares in the book. 2016 November 15, Laura Brehaut, “Satisfy your comfort-food craving with French country cooking from Mimi Thorisson”, in National Post, Toronto, Ont.: Postmedia Network Canada Corp., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2025:

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Relateds

Breton · farce