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brioche

brioche

7 6.7
A light slightly sweet bread roll that has eggs and butter
  • noun
  • /briˈoʊʃ/
translation icon : brioche
  • For breakfast, I enjoyed a warm slice of brioche topped with fresh strawberries.
  • brioche bun
  • brioche bread
  • brioche dough

The ingredients include ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, sugar, butter, eggs, milk, vanilla extract, challah, brioche or white bread, and Maple syrup.

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Examples

  • Well, you're just in time for Maureen's famous brioche French toast.

  • We have brioche con Gelato from Italy, which is a brioche bun stuffed with Gelato.

  • Martin invited me to share the brioche, but I took only coffee.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • We're going to do some French toast with some brioche, which I'm very excited about.

  • Roast quail with brioche stuffing.

  • This evening, we're serving beluga caviar with toasted brioche.

  • Virginie tore a brioche in two and buttered it tenderly.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Make brioche: Whisk the milk and yeast together in a small dish until the yeast has dissolved.

    Blog text (6)
  • Over coffee and chocolate brioche, these three hotshots, the heads of the firm's litigation, transactional, and regulatory departments, decide what's what at Gage & Griswell for another week.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The ingredients include ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, sugar, butter, eggs, milk, vanilla extract, challah, brioche or white bread, and Maple syrup.

Synonyms

bun
vsbrioche
164 1.0

A small round bread roll that is plain or sweet

is richer made with eggs and butter and slightly sweet

How Rich

brioche
7 6.7
croissant
47 2.5
crescent roll
  • US
2 3.0
bread
805 1.0

Surface Forms

brioche singular
brioche plural

Etymology

The word brioche comes from French and probably from a verb brier meaning 'to knead' or 'to press' the dough. A helpful image is bakers pressing and folding rich dough with eggs and butter, which explains why brioche is a soft, slightly sweet, very buttery bread.