Le Kouign Amann (Spécialités de Bretagne)

Written by qualified French expert Céline Pickard PGCE, BA

In: Reading B1, Food & Drink, Listening or Seeing B1

Discussion of this reading exercise: 4

Learn about Bretagne's famous dessert Kouign Amann (butter cake) in this first installment of our Spécialités de Bretagne series. Click any word for the English translation and links to related grammar lessons.

Note: The tenses in this French article and its English translation don't match! In French, we use the present and future tenses to describe historical stories like this to evoke a sense of immediacy, whereas in English, we commonly use the past tense - learn more about historical French tenses.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4