I remember first seeing / hearing about
kouign amann from watching the Great British Baking Show — and they absolutely TERRIFIED me.
Or rather, it offers the work of a dedicated team who, under Stewart's stewardship, has devised over 200 baking recipes for both savory and sweet treats, ranging from the traditional likes of buttermilk biscuits, gingersnaps, blueberry pie, bagels, and chocolate angel food cake, to the more novel pleasures of Sausage and Feta Hand Pies, Cherry Fragipane Gallete, Carrot - Ginger Cupcakes, and even the buttery - sugary to - die - for yeasted pastry called
kouign amans.
Give croissants a try — then you are basically just a few sprinkles of sugar away
from kouign amann
The construction
of kouign amann dough is no different than croissant dough, except you sprinkle in some sugar into the last two turns of the dough.
The cappuccinos pair perfectly with their classic croissant, but if you're feeling decadent, everyone loses their minds over the
chocolate kouign amann!»
Pro tip: the original Dominique Ansel Bakery location also has a secret off -
menu kouign amann ice cream sandwich.
The Cronut whisperer's take on an ice cream sandwich at Dominique Ansel Kitchen involves salted caramel ice cream between brown
sugar kouign amann (basically caramelized croissants).
And by «it,» we mean butter, morphing into crumbly croissants or gooey cookies or
sugary kouign amann.
I stuck a
couple kouign - amann in my purse in case I got stranded in a snowdrift.
9 a.m. / Subrosa Sip a cortado and nibble a textbook -
perfect kouign - amann baked by the pastry pros at nearby Starter Bakery.
In addition to naturally leavened loaves, there are outstandingly
flaky kouign amann (think of it like a dense, sugar - crusted croissant), with clever fillings like blueberry compote.
Try their signature pastry the «
kouign aman», it looks basic, but it is glazed flaky deliciousness.
From Brittany in France,
kouign amann literally means butter cake in Breton and is traditionally made with the region's famed salted butter.
for
their kouign aman, croissants, isaphan, macarons... you get the point.
I just spotted
a kouign amann recipe in this month's Bon Appetit and I'd love to take a crack at it.
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We tested
our kouign - amann with widely available Plugrá and Kerrygold, and both yielded excellent, super-flaky results.
Bad Wolf was attractive, since co-owner Jonathan Ory had worked at cult Chicago restaurant Schwa, and I'd heard his canelés and
kouign - amann were so good, they sold out before noon.
B. Patisserie pastry chef Belinda Leong taught the Bay Area to pronounce *
kouign - * amann (queen - a-MAHN), the flaky, buttery confection that croissants wish they could be.
The kouign amann, monkey bread, and English muffins made at its sister bakery, Proof.