A canelé (french: [kan.le]) is a small french pastry flavored with rum and vanilla with a soft and tender custard center and a dark, thick caramelized crust. it takes the shape of a small, striated cylinder up to five centimeters in height with a depression at the top. a specialty of the bordeaux region of france, today it is widely available in pâtisseries in france and abroad.
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