crème brulée

See also: crème brûlée, creme brulée, and creme brulee

English

Etymology

From French crème brulée.

Noun

crème brulée (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of crème brûlée.
    • 2005, Georgina Campbell, “Chocolate fondant”, in Irish Country House Cooking: The Blue Book Recipe Collection, Dublin: Epicure Press, →ISBN, page 62:
      At Chapter One, these chocolate fondants are served restaurant-style with a crème brulée ravioli and an unusual basil ice cream as well as the warm sauce given.
    • 2011, Robin McKelvie, Jenny McKelvie, “Two Fat Ladies West End”, in National Geographic Traveler: Scotland, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISBN, page 281, columns 1–2:
      If you can’t decide which of the sumptuous desserts to order then why not go for the waist-expanding sharing platter, with its bowls of crème brulée, pistachio and cherry pavlova, cranachan, and sticky toffee pudding?
    • 2020, Michael J. Malone, chapter 46, in A Song of Isolation, London: Orenda Books, →ISBN, page 228:
      She was eyeing up a little glass pot of crème brulée for dessert when the phone in her pocket rang.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

crème brulée f (plural crèmes brulées)

  1. post-1990 spelling of crème brûlée
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