Kringle. The word means pretzel in Danish and is the name of this specific pastry. It has a fluffy dough with lots of butter, and eggs, it’s filled with remonce, which is made from sugar, butter, and marzipan, sprinkled with pearl sugar and hazelnuts which turn crispy in the oven. It’s pure pastry genius. I’ve made a scientific test and I can now bring you the recipe for the world’s best authentic danish pastry.
Some weeks ago I had a discussion with my friend Kirstine. She told me that authentic danish pastry is made with margarine. She’d actually tried with butter and it tasted better with margarine. I was, like, “What?”
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