Flaky, buttery pastries known as 'Viennese bread' in Denmark. The dough is folded with layers of butter.
History
Austrian bakers who came to Denmark in the 1850s during a strike are credited with bringing the technique, and Danes made it their own.
Ingredients
- Flour
- Butter
- Yeast
- Milk
- Eggs
- Sugar
- Cardamom
- Remonce
- Custard
How it's made
- Make a yeast dough and chill
- Roll and enclose a block of butter
- Fold and roll several times (lamination)
- Cut and shape into pastries
- Fill, proof and bake until golden
Photos: ingredients, making & serving
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