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If one ingredient screams “Brittany,” it’s salted butter—central enough that Brittany’s own tourism materials frame it as a core signature alongside buckwheat and iconic pastries. The region’s baking leans unapologetically rich: laminated and caramelized pastries, sturdy tea-time cakes, and crisp butter biscuits meant for coffee breaks and goûter.

Kouign-amann, gâteau breton, and salted-butter sweets

If one ingredient screams “Brittany,” it’s salted butter—central enough that Brittany’s own tourism materials frame it as a core signature alongside buckwheat and iconic pastries. The region’s baking leans unapologetically rich: laminated and caramelized pastries, sturdy tea-time cakes, and crisp butter biscuits meant for coffee breaks and goûter.