Paris-Brest
in Paris
A ring of golden choux pastry filled with praline mousseline cream, topped with toasted almonds and powdered sugar—a celebratory Paris pastry with a rich, nutty center.
Did you know?
Paris-Brest was created in 1910 by pastry chef Louis Durand to honor the Paris-Brest-Paris bicycle race, and its ring shape evokes a bicycle wheel.
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