Kouign-Amann

Name: Kouign-Amann
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 3 cups flour, for dough; 300g butter; 1.5 cups sugar; 1 packet yeast

Kouign-Amann/kween ah-MAHN/

Also known as: Kouign Aman, Breton Butter Cake

About this dish

A layered, caramelized butter and sugar pastry from Brittany, crisp and sticky.

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Ingredients

🌾3 cups flour, for dough

🧈300g butter

🍬1.5 cups sugar

🍞1 packet yeast

Method

Serves 2

Make a simple yeasted dough and let it rise.

Roll out and fold butter and sugar into the dough repeatedly, like laminating puff pastry.

Let the dough rest between folds to keep the butter cold.

Shape into a round and let proof.

Bake at high heat until deeply caramelized and crisp.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Kouign-amann is a traditional Breton pastry, its name meaning 'butter cake,' known for its many caramelized layers.

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