This baker’s baguettes are delicious, but the shape is rather, um… remarkable
The baguette: a crisp bread with a heavenly aroma, recognized worldwide by its long loaf shape. Except at this bakery in Paris. Here, the dough is not only rolled into the familiar elongated shape, but something else rolls along with it.
Two extra dough balls
In the French capital, you will undoubtedly find the most delicious baguettes in the world. Paris has an abundance of bakeries where bakers in flour-dusted aprons bake traditional baguettes day in, day out. But at Legay Choc, owner Richard Legay deviates from tradition. Instead of leaving the elongated roll of dough as it is, two extra dough balls are pressed onto the end of the roll in this bakery.
Crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside
The penis-shaped baguettes, also known as le baguette magique, are the specialty of Legay Choc. Like the traditional version, this one is crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside, and its shape makes it perfect for dipping into jam or chocolate spread (we’re not making this up). Although there is no wrong way to eat le baguette magique, according to its creator the best approach is to gently pull off the balls first and dip them into your coffee, after which the remaining part naturally follows.
A remarkable bakery
For Richard, the cheerful rainbow-colored bakery is more than a place where he sells bread. “Opening this bakery, a gay bakery, helped me show everyone around me and my family who I really am… that I’m gay,” he explains. And that reason naturally makes eating le baguette magique extra special.
Source and image: theculturetrip
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