Alsatian Kugelhopf **

Name: Alsatian Kugelhopf ** (Kouglof Alsacien)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 6–8
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 3½ tbsp (50 ml) whole milk; Generous 2 cups (9 oz./250 g) high gluten or bread flour; ¼ oz. (7 g) fresh yeast (see Chef’s Notes); 2 eggs; 7 tbsp (3½ oz./100 g) butter; ⅔ cup (3½ oz./100 g) whole blanched almonds; Confectioners’ sugar; 2½ tbsp (1 oz./30 g) sugar; 1½ tsp (7.5 ml) lukewarm water; 3 tbsp (50 g) butter, for the mold; 1 tsp (5 g) fine salt

Kouglof Alsacien

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

French Pastries and Desserts by Lenôtre

By Chefs at Lenôtre

Published 2021

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Ingredients

Brioche dough (make 1 day ahead)

¼ oz. (7 g) fresh yeast (see Chef’s Notes)
1½ tsp (

Europe
France
Bread
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

A day ahead, prepare the brioche dough in the stand mixer, using the ingredients listed above and following the instructions (see Chef’s Notes).
The following day, lightly grease the mold with some of the butter and arrange the almonds in the grooves around the bottom of the mold.
On a lightly floured surface, f