Raspberry Kouign Amann

Raspberry Kouign Amann | The Sugar Hit

 

I cannot express to you how quickly you should stop whatever it is you’re doing and go and make these right now.

 

It’s very quickly. Like immediately. Because these are, dare I say, the best thing I’ve ever baked. And I’m including that Milo Cake. These flaky, buttery, sugar-crisped and raspberry puddled pastries are heavenly. They are little, teensy, cheat’s kouign amanns.

 

Raspberry Kouign Amann | The Sugar Hit

 

Never heard of a Kouign Amann? Let me Google that for you. Nah I’m just kidding, I’m not that much of a jerk. Let me explain! As you might have guessed, they are French in origin, from the Breton region. We love the Breton region! They gave us salted butter, salted butter caramel, and of course, the Kouign Amann.

 

And of course, being from the butter capital of France, these little babies are not short on it. In fact, the dough is a wayyy simplified croissant dough. Things are looking good already, right?

 

Raspberry Kouign Amann | The Sugar Hit

 

Unlike croissants, these little babies do not get rolled out on a floured surface. No, they get rolled out on a sugared surface. So, you take your already bound to be delicious, butter-laden pastry, and then you give it a solid coating of sugar on all sides. And you know what’s going to happen when that sugar hits (SUGAR HIT, geddit) the oven? CARAMELISATION.

 

Raspberry Kouign Amann | The Sugar Hit

 

Because I can’t stand to leave any ante un-upped, I crushed up a handful of dark red raspberries and scattered them across the already sugar-crusted dough.

 

Instead of trying to copy the elaborate folding of a traditional Kouign Amann, and because it’s easy and I’m lazy and Rachel Khoo said I could, I just rolled em up like a cinnamon buns, sliced the roll into twelve, and baked them in a muffin tin.

 

Raspberry Kouign Amann | The Sugar Hit

 

Hear me on this one; you’re going to want to use a non-stick muffin tin, or grease it like you’ve never greased before.

 

Caramelised sugar is not kidding around when it comes to sticking power.

 

Raspberry Kouign Amann | The Sugar Hit

 

But when they come out of the oven, after a maddening half hour of nutty, buttery, tantalising smells wafting throughout your house, and you flip them onto a cooling rack, and then you slice one in half and you see the layers?

 

It’s game over.

 

Raspberry Kouign Amann | The Sugar Hit

 

They’re the best thing ever. There’s no denying it. FEAST YOUR EYES, FRIENDS!

 

Raspberry Kouign Amann | The Sugar Hit

 

Raspberry Kouign Amann | The Sugar Hit

 

Raspberry Kouign Amann | The Sugar Hit

 

Remember that time I made an easy Kouign Amann recipe, with raspberries in it, all for you? It was amazing.

 

On another note, I entered a photo into this competition, and it would mean the world to me if you could sling me a vote! Just like and then unlike the page if you’re not into following them. The vote still counts! Go onnnnnn….be a pal…..aww, thanks! I knew you would.

 

xx Sarah.

 

Raspberry Kouign Amann | The Sugar Hit

Raspberry Kouign Amann
 
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Flaky, buttery pastry, striated with caramelised sugar and jammy raspberries.
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Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 1 + ⅔ cups (250g) plain flour
  • 1 tsp dried yeast
  • ¾ cup (175ml) warm water
  • 2 sticks (200g) salted butter
  • ½ cup (100g) caster sugar
  • ½ cup (100g) frozen raspberries, crushed.
Instructions
  1. In a medium mixing bowl (or the bowl of a stand mixer, with the dough hook attached) combine the flour, yeast and water.
  2. Mix the ingredients together until they form a dough, and then knead for about 10 minutes (5 in a mixer) until the dough is smooth and elastic.
  3. Place the dough in a bowl, cover with plastic and leave in a warm place for an hour or until doubled in size.
  4. Slice the butter into ¼ in (1/2 cm) slices, and place on a plate in the freezer for the last half hour of the dough's resting time.
  5. Once the dough is risen, lightly flour your work surface and roll the dough into a 12 by 16in (30cm by 40cm) rectangle with the short side facing you.
  6. Lay the butter in the middle of the dough, leaving a quarter of the dough exposed at the top and bottom.
  7. Fold the top and bottom pieces of dough over the butter, so that they meet in the middle and the butter is covered.
  8. Then, fold the right and left hand edges of the dough into the middle, and then fold the whole thing in half, so that the seam is on the left. Press the dough firmly down to seal it, and then roll it back out to 12 by 16in (30cm by 40cm).
  9. Repeat the same folding process once more, and then wrap tightly in plastic, and place in the fridge for 2 hours.
  10. When you're ready to bake, preheat the oven to 400F/200C.
  11. To shape kouign amanns for baking, dust your work surface with about ¼ of the sugar, then take the dough out of the fridge and dust the top with another ¼ of the sugar.
  12. Roll the dough out into a 12 by 16in (30cm by 40cm) rectangle (using more sugar if necessary) and then spread any remaining sugar over the surface before scattering on the raspberries.
  13. Roll the dough up tightly like a swiss roll, slice into 12 rounds, and place into a non-stick or very well greased muffin tin.
  14. Bake for 25 minutes, or until well risen and a deep golden brown. Leave to cool for a minute in the tin, before carefull turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely before serving.
 

Adapted from Rachel Khoo’s recipe for Kouignettes in My Little French Kitchen.

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