the.com/danish pastry
Laminated dough that convinced butter and bread to elope, repeatedly, in layers.
means A sweet, flaky pastry made from laminated yeast dough, typically filled or topped with fruit, cream, or icing.
from The name is a geographic misdirect: Danish pastries actually trace to Austrian baking techniques, brought to Denmark in the 1800s by Austrian bakers who were hired during a Danish bakers' strike. The Danes called the result 'wienerbrød' (Vienna bread), honestly crediting Austria — it was English-speaking countries that renamed it 'Danish,' crediting the messenger rather than the source.
- origin irony
- invented by Austrian bakers, not Danish ones
- layer count
- can exceed 27 layers of butter and dough
- local name
- Danes call it wienerbrod, meaning Vienna bread
- fold technique
- same lamination method used for croissants