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Wienerbrød

Name: Wienerbrød
Total time: 240 min
Yield: Serves 12
Cuisine: Denmark
Ingredients: 300g Bread flour; 2 tsp Dry yeast; 130ml Milk; 1 Egg; 3 tbsp Sugar; 1/2 tsp Salt; A pinch Cardamom powder; 200g (for laminating) Butter; To taste Strawberry Jam; 60g Powdered sugar

Dessert

⏱ 240 min

👥 Serves 12

Difficulty ⭐⭐⭐

A Danish sweet pastry of dough laminated with many layers of butter — known worldwide as 'Danish.'

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Wienerbrød means 'Vienna bread,' and it's said to trace back to a 19th-century bakers' strike in Denmark, when bakers from Vienna brought the technique of laminating dough with butter. Elsewhere it's called 'Danish.' Finished with custard, jam, or icing, it's eaten with morning coffee.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Sunday morning, a line forms outside a Copenhagen bakery and fresh Danish pastries are packed in paper bags to take home for family breakfast.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 12)

Bread flour 300g
Dry yeast 2 tsp
Milk 130ml
Egg 1
Sugar 3 tbsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
Cardamom powder A pinch
Butter 200g (for laminating)
Strawberry Jam To taste
Powdered sugar 60g

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Knead the bread flour, yeast, cold milk, egg, sugar, salt, and cardamom and rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Roll the cold butter into a thin slab and wrap it in the dough.
Roll the dough into a rectangle, fold in thirds, and rest in the fridge for 20 minutes. Repeat 3 times.
Roll out 5mm thick, cut into 10cm squares, fold the corners to the center, and top with jam.
Let rise in a warm place for 40 minutes, brush with beaten egg, and bake at 200°C for 15 minutes.
Cool, then drizzle with icing made of powdered sugar and water.

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