Kouign aman

The sugary, caramelized pastry known as the kouign-amann is not the simplest thing to make—but it's totally worth the effort. Here's our step-by-step guide

Imagine a sticky bun and a croissant put together and you have a delicious Kouign Amann! You will absolutely fall in love with this pastry!

Last week, I was at Paris des Chefs – an event that had the best chefs and designers collaborate on creating food together. Watching them at work was awe inspiring. I was particularly influenced by Alain Passard’s approach to food and his irreproachable knife skills. My favourite workshops were, of course, those that required oodles […]

Kouign Amann is a croissant dough with sugar layered in during the last turn so after it's baked the pastries are sweet, crunchy, buttery and super flaky.

You don't have to be a French pâtissier to master the art of kouign-amann.

Kouign Amann, an easier and faster recipe. Photo and recipe by Irvin Lin of Eat the Love. www.eatthelove.com

This super easy kouign amann recipe is full of hacks to make it faster and easier...it's a great beginner recipe when you're not used to laminating dough. It's truly the lazy person's kouign amann--French pastries in a few hours (with only an hour of hands-on time)!

Kouign-amann (Bretagne, France)

[portfolio_slideshow navpos=top] Now on the menu, let’s have a look at the emblematic breton cake: the Kouign Amann cake. “Kouign” means cake, while “Amann” means butt…