How to use the video This video for social media explains how to make a Swedish semla for Fat Tuesday (called Fettisdagen in Sweden) in February. The video is in 9:16 format and is suitable for Instagram and Facebook stories or reels.
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Article on the semla on Sweden.se
Video Download video (MP4 83 MB) Video with music and English text Download video with Arabic text (MP4 354 MB) Video with Arabic text Download clean version (MP4 200 MB) Clean version without text and music Captions Finally, it's Fat Tuesday! This is when Swedes indulge in 'semlor' – delicious cardamom buns filled with almond paste and whipped cream. Curious about how to make a semla? Look no further!
Swedish semla recipe:
Dough:
50 g fresh yeast (for sweet dough) 100 g butter (unsalted) 300 ml milk 1 egg 0.5 tsp salt 2 tsp ground cardamom 90 g caster sugar 540g wheat flour
Egg wash:
1 egg
Filling:
200 g sweet almonds 135 g granulated sugar 150 ml milk
Garnish:
700 ml whipped cream 1 tsp icing sugar
Instructions:
Buns:
1. Melt the butter and mix with the milk. Heat to 37 °C.
2. Crumble the yeast into a bowl of a stand mixer.
3. Stir in the butter and milk until the yeast has dissolved.
4. Add one egg, sugar, ground cardamom and salt.
5. Add the plain flour and start mixing. Turn off the mixer when the dough stops sticking to the side of the bowl.
5. Cover with a clean cloth and leave to rise until the dough its twice its size, about 30 minutes.
6. Uncover the dough, place it on a flour dusted surface and punch down the dough.
7. Cut into even pieces and roll into buns. Place the buns on a baking tray and leave to rise, to twice their size.
8. Brush the tops of each of the buns with egg wash.
9. Bake in oven, at 225°C for around 8-10 minutes. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Filling:
1. Mix almonds, sugar and milk in a blender.
2. Cut the top of each bun. Scoop out the centre of each bun, mix the crumble with almond paste and milk.
3. Fill the bun with the almond mixture and top with whipped cream.
4. Replace the top. Dust with icing sugar and enjoy!
Happy fika!
Music: Epidemic sound/ Cafe de Paris - Matt Large
Recipe: Semlor - Recept - Semlebullar - Recepten.se
Copy in the video (for translation) Bake your own Swedish semla!
Melt the butter and mix with the milk. Heat to 37 °C.
Crumble the yeast into a bowl.
Stir in the butter and milk until the yeast has dissolved.
Add one egg, sugar, cardamom and salt.
Add the plain flour and start mixing.
Cover with a clean cloth and leave to rise.
Meanwhile, make the filling: Mix almonds, sugar and milk in a blender.
Punch down the dough on a flour dusted surface.
Cut into even pieces and roll into buns.
Place the buns on a baking tray and leave to rise.
Brush lightly with egg wash.
Bake in the oven, at 225°C for 8-10 minutes.
Scoop out the centre of the bun, mix the crumble with almond paste and milk.
Fill the bun with the almond mixture and top with whipped cream. Replace the top. Dust with icing sugar and enjoy!
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