Kornigou, also known as kornik, are unsweetened pastries made of wheat flour formed in a triangular shape reminiscent of a mitre or square cap, possibly in the style of the first bishop of Cornouaille, a historic province of Brittany. It was not a popular dessert; by 1880, it was only sold by two bakers in Guilers on the feast day of St Corentin. The kornigou were possibly shaped in the style of St Corentin's hair.
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Further reading
- Michel Duval (1982). Foires et marchés en Bretagne à travers les siècles. Editions Breizh hor bro.
- Bro Nevez: Newsletter of the U.S. Branch. The Branch. 1988.
- Jean François Marie Maurice Agathe Le Gonidec (1847). Dictionnaire français-breton de Le Gonidec: enrichi d'additions et d'un Essai sur l'histoire de la langue bretonne. L. Prud'homme.
