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Fougasse monégasque – orange-anise bread
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Fougasse monégasque – orange-anise bread

Sweet Monégasque bread scented with orange blossom water and anise — classic baking from Monaco, not the savoury Provençal fougasse.

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55 min total
8 servings
Easy

Ingredients

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  • Dough

    • 14.1 oz Plain flour
    • about 0.2 oz Dry yeast
    • 2.8 oz Sugar
    • 2 stk Eggs
    • 2.8 oz Butter, softened
    • about 0.4 cup Milk, lukewarm
    • 2 tbsp Orange blossom water
    • 1 tsp Anise seeds
    • 1 stk Egg for egg wash

Instructions

  1. 1

    Dissolve yeast in lukewarm milk

    1. Dissolve yeast in lukewarm milk. Mix flour, sugar, eggs, butter, orange blossom water and anise into a soft dough.
  2. 2

    Let the dough rise

    1. Cover the bowl and let the dough rise in a warm spot for 1 hour, until doubled in size.
  3. 3

    Shape into a flat oval

    1. Shape into a flat oval with slits (leaf shape). Brush with the egg reserved for washing.
  4. 4

    Bake until golden

    1. Bake at 180 °C for 20–25 min until golden. Cool on a rack.

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