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Swedish semla recipe
Language: English
Topics: Food & drink, Sweden in general, Traditions & heritage
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Publisher: Swedish Institute
Edition: 2023
Swedish semla recipe
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:
- Melt the butter and mix with the milk. Heat to 37 °C.
- Crumble the yeast into a bowl of a stand mixer.
- Stir in the butter and milk until the yeast has dissolved.
- Add one egg, sugar, ground cardamom and salt.
- Add the plain flour and start mixing. Turn off the mixer when the dough stops sticking to the side of the bowl.
- Cover with a clean cloth and leave to rise until the dough its twice its size, about 30 minutes.
- Uncover the dough, place it on a flour dusted surface and punch down the dough.
- Cut into even pieces and roll into buns. Place the buns on a baking tray and leave to rise, to twice their size.
- Brush the tops of each of the buns with egg wash.
- Bake in oven, at 225°C for around 8-10 minutes. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Filling:
- Mix almonds, sugar and milk in a blender.
- Cut the top of each bun. Scoop out the centre of each 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!
Recipe: Semlor – Recept – Semlebullar – Recepten.se
Happy fika! ☕