Les Bugnes

Great recipe for les bugnes french donuts.

Les bugnes. Let s discover the world of french pastry one delicious recipe at a time and so far it has been great. My mother s bugnes and now mine have a little bit of lemon for a unique taste. Bugnes are originally a culinary specialty of the duchy of savoie which eventually extended to the center of france found mainly in the area including lyon rhône valley saint etienne and franche comté.

Sprinkle with icing sugar before serving. Should one say la bugne or les bugnes. The word bugne means beignet in french which means donut in english but don t be confused they are not the same.

Pour que les bugnes restent croustillantes mieux vaut les déguster dans les heures qui suivent leur cuisson. There seem to be two types of bugnes in our region of france they are soft light doughnut style small twists and in lyon the bugnes lyonnaise is a crunchy. Les bugnes are commonly sold during shrove tuesday mardi gras ash wednesday the day before lent at carnivals around this time and on fat thursday the last thursday before lent.

A tradition that i never forget. The académie française is categorical. Where can these delights be found.

Elles se dégustent encore chaudes juste saupoudrées de sucre semoule ou sucre glace. They re essential to mardi gras. They are an old pastry that.

So les bugnes it is then which makes sense as who could possibly resist the temptation of a second or third. As shrove tuesday draws closer the real question is. Bugnes are a doughnut like pastry sprinkled with icing sugar that hail from lyon.