far breton

• far Breton

From French far breton.

far breton (countable and uncountable, plural far bretons or fars bretons)

1. A traditional cake or dessert from the Brittany region in France, with a base similar in composition to a clafoutis batter, a flan-style eggs-and-milk custard with flour, with prunes or raisins commonly added.
   • 2003, “Le Pays de Vannes”, in Rosa Jackson, editor, Paris Eating & Drinking (Time Out Paris), 6th edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 156, column 1:

     We finished off this Breton-inspired meal with homemade far breton, a flan chock-a-block with plump, moist prunes, lightyears from the often-profferred, dried-up version.

   • 2011 February 18, Barbara Unković, “Visitors”, in Weeds in the Garden of Eden: A Journey Back to Family Roots, and Life in a Traditional Croatian Village, London: Austin Macauley Publishers, published 2013, →ISBN, page 138:

     Everyone becomes addicted to my tomato flamiche, my far breton made with figs and also my Croatian pepper biscuits.

   • 2016 November 15, Laura Brehaut, “Satisfy your comfort-food craving with French country cooking from Mimi Thorisson”, in National Post‎^[1], Toronto, Ont.: Postmedia Network Canada Corp., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 July 2025:

     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.

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far breton m (plural fars bretons)

1. far breton

   Synonym: far