Fougasse Monégasque

Sweet orange-blossom bread with nuts and aniseed.

Ingredients

• 4 cups Flour
• 2 tsp Yeast
• ¾ cup Sugar
• 3 tbsp Orange blossom water
• 100 g Butter
• 2 Eggs
• 1 tbsp Aniseed
• ¾ cup Walnuts
• ½ cup Almonds
• 1 tsp Salt
• ¾ cup Warm water

Method

1. Make the dough — Knead the flour, yeast, sugar, eggs, butter, orange blossom water, aniseed and salt for 10 minutes.
2. Prove — Rise 90 minutes until doubled.
3. Shape — Press into a flat oval and cut slashes through it.
4. Top — Press nuts into the surface.
5. Second rise — Prove 40 minutes.
6. Bake — Bake at 180°C for 25 minutes until golden.
7. Fougasse is ready — Cool and dust with sugar.

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