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Kouign Amann Recipe, the Easy and Fast Way

A sweet and flaky pastry that originates from the Brittany region of France, the Kouign Amann (pronounced “kween-amahn”) can be found in a lot of upscale pastry shops nowadays. But making it at home is fairly easy, even if you go the traditional route by making a butter block (it was one of the easier doughs we made in our laminated dough class). I decided to simplify and streamline the recipe even more by using a technique I learned from Nick Malgieri that combines blitz puff pastry and croissant dough. Basically, if you have a food processor and know how to make pie crust, you can make a kouign amann. But even if laminated dough freaks you out, don’t worry, I’ve included step-by-step instructions and extensive photos on how to create this awesome pastry that will not only impress your friends but have your loved one clamoring for one more.

By eatthelove · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Bread and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 27,232 recipes mention both. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Kouign Amann Recipe, the Easy and Fast Way

12 kouign amanns
Prep45 min
Cook45 min

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Flour + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together92,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

  4. Butter + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Bread + flourtop 25% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together10,383 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and butter share little aroma chemistry, yet 124,287 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs