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A crème brûlée into which had been blitzed those Provençal iced-marzipan biscuits called "calisson" was a crème brûlée adulterated.
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A calisson d'Aix is a little sweetmeat made of candied fruits and almond; it tasted as though it had been very subtly introduced into the crème brûlée, as well as perched delicately atop it, and with the melon ice cream the interplay of flavours was smashing.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Zoe Williams 2011
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Modigliania and others, churches, and the local delicacy, calisson.
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