kouign amann

French translation: kouign amann

19:52 Jan 21, 2002
French language (monolingual) [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / cuisine
French term or phrase: kouign amann
plat breton
miri
Bulgaria
Local time: 19:36
Selected answer:kouign amann
Explanation:
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Antoinette Verburg
Netherlands
Local time: 18:36
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4galette bretonne
Maya Jurt
4kouign amann
Antoinette Verburg
4[doesn't translate]
Tony M


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
galette bretonne


Explanation:
http://www.multimania.com/kouign/kouign1.html

Maya Jurt
Switzerland
Local time: 18:36
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Yves Georges: Le kouign amann est un gateau breton dont la recette est assez variable. Ce n'est pas une galette bretonne (crêpe de sarrazin dans un sens et biscuit du type galette de Pont-Aven dans l'autre sens
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
kouign amann


Explanation:
See references below.


    Reference: http://www.paniers.com/us/af_recette_KUIGNAMA.htm
    Reference: http://www.beghin-say.fr/Artisans/recette/ficherecette.cfm?R...
Antoinette Verburg
Netherlands
Local time: 18:36
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Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
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1 day 21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
[doesn't translate]


Explanation:
A kind of cake, the ones I've seen have been 'plain', in the sense of having no specific featured ingredient, but invariably very sweet, sticky and buttery. They vary enormously, but as far as I am aware, it's what I in English terms think of as a 'cake'

Tony M
France
Local time: 18:36
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