Kouign-amann
Caramelised Breton butter cake, crisp and flaky.
About Kouign-amann
A laminated dough is folded with great quantities of butter and sugar, which caramelises in the oven into a crackling, sticky-sweet, flaky cake. Its name means butter cake in Breton, and it is gloriously indulgent.
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