Kun-aman
Description
The pastry is prepared simply and quickly. Cooking “Kun-aman” is very easy, especially if you follow the step‑by‑step recommendations. Of course, it is very high in calories, that’s a fact, but sometimes you can treat yourself and your family to this delicious French pie It can be served with tea or coffee.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
Dissolve the yeast in warm water.
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Step 3
Sift the flour.
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Step 4
Pour the water with dissolved yeast into the flour.
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Step 5
Knead the dough, cover it with plastic wrap, and place it in a warm spot to ferment for 1 hour.
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Step 6
Prepare the butter, for this place a block of butter, which can be cut in half, in the center of a baking parchment. If the butter is unsalted, sprinkle extra salt on top so that there are no large crystals.
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Step 7
Roll out the butter carefully with a rolling pin to the size of a square with a side of 20–22 cm, wrap it in parchment, and place it in the freezer for 20–30 minutes.
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Step 8
The dough that has risen after 1 hour.
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Step 9
Dust the table with flour, place the dough, roll out a large oval flatbread.
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Step 10
Place butter in the center of the flatbread and sprinkle all the sugar over it.
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Step 11
Do not discard the parchment in which the butter was wrapped; place it in the baking pan.
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Step 12
Fold the top and bottom edges of the dough toward the center by one third.
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Step 13
Roll out the dough with a rolling pin along the fold line.
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Step 14
Again fold the left and right edges toward the center by one third.
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Step 15
Roll the dough up and down with a rolling pin.
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Step 16
Fold the edges of the dough again.
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Step 17
Roll out the dough again and shape the pie.
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Step 18
Place the pie in a baking pan; if the edges don’t fit, you can fold them up. Brush the pie with milk.
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Step 19
With a sharp knife, make cuts on the pie in a diamond-shaped lattice pattern and sprinkle brown cane sugar on top.
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Step 20
Bake the pie in the oven at 200 °C for 45 minutes.
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Step 21
Remove the pie from the pan by pulling the edges of the parchment.
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Step 22
Take it out of the oven and serve warm or cooled.