
Pain au Levain
Our signature sourdough. A long, slow ferment gives an open, tender crumb and a deep, burnished crust.
Around twenty slowly fermented breads, hand-laminated viennoiserie, small-batch patisserie, and a seasonal list that follows the calendar.
Around twenty loaves, each slowly fermented from flour, water, salt and our own natural leaven. Nothing is rushed.

Our signature sourdough. A long, slow ferment gives an open, tender crumb and a deep, burnished crust.

Made the traditional French way — crisp, crackling crust and a light, airy interior. Best eaten the day it is baked.

A rustic country loaf blending wheat and rye for a fuller flavour and a satisfying, lasting crumb.

Stoneground wholemeal flour worked through with toasted seeds — hearty, nutty and naturally leavened.
Laminated by hand with butter, then proved slowly and baked to a shattering, golden finish.

Pure butter croissant, layered and folded by hand. Flaky, honeycombed inside, deeply caramelised outside.

The same laminated butter dough wrapped around two batons of dark chocolate.

A spiral of croissant dough, crème pâtissière and rum-soaked raisins, glazed to a soft shine.

Yesterday's croissant given a second life — filled with frangipane, baked again and dusted with sugar.
Patisserie made in small batches — the kind of thing you take home for someone, or quietly keep for yourself.

Thinly sliced apple fanned over a crisp butter pastry, glazed and gently caramelised.

A small fluted cake with a dark, caramelised shell and a soft, custardy centre scented with vanilla.

Choux pastry filled with chocolate crème pâtissière and finished with a glossy chocolate fondant.

Shell-shaped little cakes, baked fresh with a buttery crumb and a delicate lemon note.
A short, changing list that follows the calendar — galette in January, fruit tarts through summer, stollen at Christmas.

Our January galette — puff pastry filled with almond frangipane, hiding a single fève. Made for Epiphany.

Crème pâtissière and seasonal Scottish berries on crisp pastry, made while the fruit is at its best.

A festive loaf rich with dried fruit, marzipan and warm spice, dusted in snow-white sugar.
You will find our bread and pastries at Edinburgh delis and at our weekend markets. Au Gourmand is a working bakery, not a walk-in shop. Find our bread and pastries through Edinburgh stockists and at our weekend market stalls.