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creme brulee

creme brulee is the alternative spelling of crème brûlée.

Meaning of crème brûlée

Noun

crème brûlée (countable and uncountable, plural crème brûlées or crèmes brûlées or crèmes brûlée)

  1. A dessert of custard, covered by a brittle layer of browned sugar.
    • A crème brûlée into which had been blitzed those Provençal iced-marzipan biscuits called "calisson" was a crème brûlée adulterated.2011 December 18, Jay Rayner, “Restaurant review: Aurelia”, in The Observer, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2022

Forms of creme brulee

pluralcreme brulees

Origin of creme brulee

French crème brûlée (“burnt cream”).

Questions about creme brulee

What is creme brulee the alternative spelling of?
Creme brulee is the alternative spelling of crème brûlée.

Words near creme brulee in the dictionary

  1. crematorium
  2. crematoriums
  3. cremators
  4. crematory
  5. creme
  6. creme brulee
  7. creme brulees
  8. creme caramel
  9. creme caramels
  10. creme chantilly
  11. creme de cassis

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