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How to use brioche in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Brioche means a type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin. Example: “French brioche dough is especially rich in butter and eggs.”

Examples of brioche by meaning

nounA type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin.

  • French brioche dough is especially rich in butter and eggs.2004, Harold McGee, chapter 10, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN
  • She sat him at the table in the saloon, then unobtrusively she made him tea and brought him slices of brioche spread with lock keeper’s honey.2017, Kate Dunn, The Dragonfly, Twickenham: Aurora Metro Books, →ISBN, page 304

More sentences with brioche

  • Start with the Monkey Bread: warm brioche twists with a bourbon walnut caramel glaze.2020 January 11, Mackenzie Martin, “Food Critics: The Best Brunches In Kansas City In 2020”, in KCUR, archived from the original on 03 Nov…. From the entry crabocado
  • A breakfast highlight is the “bruffin”, a delicious but caloric muffin crossed with a brioche.2016 March 7, Evening Standard, page 53. From the entry bruffin
  • To make a single portion of bostock, cut a slice of brioche ½ to ¾ inch thick.2006, Dorie Greenspan, Baking: From My Home to Yours, New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 50. From the entry bostock
  • “A cruffin is part croissant part muffin and a bruffin is part brioche and part muffin,” I replied.2016 October 27, Tracy Beckerman, “Pass me a cronut or maybe a duffin!”, in The Gazette, page 10. From the entry bruffin
  • It is nice as an hors d'oeuvre panéed with brioche crumbs and served with puy lentils and a rich sauce.1993, Caterer & Hotelkeeper, volume 186, numbers 3764-3767, page 1. From the entry panéed
  • It was also where I had my first taste of bostock, a French pastry originally devised as a thrifty way to use up stale brioche.2019 July 6, Tamal Ray, “Tamal Ray’s recipe for brioche bostock”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media…. From the entry bostock
  • The point of cutting duck ham into microcubes is that you taste some with every bite of foie gras smashed on toasted brioche.2015 September 22, Pete Wells, “Restaurant Review: Gabriel Kreuther in Midtown”, in New York Times. From the entry microcube
  • Ta Tat Eatery makes its Instafamous katsu sando with toasted brioche, and it's safe to say none of its devotees seem to be sad for the lack of levain.2019 October, Lauren Bravo, “The Rise and Fall”, in Foodism, page 56. From the entry instafamous
  • 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…. From the entry far breton
  • Everything's even better than it sounds: endive, watercress, and aged Stilton salad, frog legs amandine with celeriac puree, buffalo foie burger with truffle fries on a brioche bun, campfire trout.2005, Los Angeles Magazine, volume 50, number 5, page 159. From the entry foie

Meaning of brioche

  1. noun A type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin.
  2. noun A knitted cushion for the feet.

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Questions about brioche in a sentence

How do you use brioche in a sentence?
Brioche is used as a noun. For example: “French brioche dough is especially rich in butter and eggs.”
What is a short sentence with brioche?
“French brioche dough is especially rich in butter and eggs.”
What does brioche mean?
Brioche means a type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin.

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