Pain à la grecque

Description

Pain à la grecque is a pastry dish from Brussels consisting of flour, milk, butter, and cinnamon, topped with a generous sprinkling of granulated sugar. Although the name of the dish can be translated as Greek bread , it has nothing to do with Greece, but derives from the word grecht , denoting a ditch or canal . It is believed that the pastry was invented by a French baker who rolled a stale baguette in sugar in order to make its taste more pleasant.