Mogens Andersen explains how to create the perfect Danish pastry

Danish baker Mogens Andersen has been baking Danish pastries for almost 30 years at the Lantmännen Unibake bakery in Hatting, Denmark.

Mogens is head of product development for all of the Danish pastries that are made in Hatting and shipped all around the world. In this video, Mogens shares the secret of making the perfect Danish pastry. He explains which ingredients are most important and why time and process are crucial in producing the best Danish pastry possible.

Mogens is passionate about creating the best Danish pastries in the world. IN this video he gives an insight into the recipe for the perfect Danish pastry.

This video shows some of the process behind the classic Danish pastry called the “Spandauer” which is found in almost every Danish bakery in the world.

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Some history of the Danish pastry:

The Danish pastry is called ”Wienerbrød” in Denmark – translated as “Viennese Bread”

It is from the same family as other Viennese pastries – such as the Croissant (which was first born as an Austrian Kipfel”.

The pastry is believed to have arrived in Denmark during 1850 when a bakers strike occurred. Local Danish bakeries were forced to employ workers from abroad, and it’s believed Austrian bakers brought the technique and idea with them.

The Wienerbrød is believed to be a descendent of the Austrian Plundergebäck pastry.

Danish pastries were brought to the USA by Danish immigrants in the early 1900s.

Danish baker Lauritz C. Klitteng made Danish pastry at the wedding of President Woodrow Wilson in 1915.

Klitteng once had his own Danish bakery at 146 Fifth Avenue in New York City.

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If you’re a food lover like us, you might also be interested in meeting Piet Van Beveren – who is in charge of creating all of our Croissants and Viennesoire pastries in our Belgian bakery.

You can meet Piet here: https://youtu.be/Cu1pkcYUsfU

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