Swedish
Semlor
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Swedish
SwedenSemlor
Classic Swedish semlor with cardamom buns, almond filling, whipped cream, and icing sugar, baked as a traditional Fat Tuesday favourite.
Ingredients
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- 2 dl milk for the preferment
- 25 g fresh yeast
- 240 g plain flour for the preferment
- 180 g plain flour for the dough
- 1 egg
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp crushed cardamom seeds
- 1 dl sugar
- 100 g room-temperature butter
- 1 beaten egg for brushing
- 0.5 dl milk for the filling
- 75 g almond paste
- 0.5 dl roughly chopped almonds
- 2 dl whipping cream
- Icing sugar for serving
Good to know before you start
Small details that often make the cooking go more smoothly.
- Read through every step before you start and measure everything first.
- This recipe is written for 12 servings and Swedish kitchen measures.
- Taste and adjust at the end if you cook with salty stock, cheese, soy sauce, or fond.
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Method
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- 1
Warm the milk to no more than 37 C. Crumble the yeast into a bowl, pour over the milk, stir until dissolved, mix in 240 g flour, and leave the preferment for about 15 minutes.
- 2
Add the remaining flour, egg, salt, cardamom, and sugar. Work in the butter in stages until the dough is smooth and elastic. Leave to rise under a cloth for about 30 minutes.
- 3
Divide the dough into 12 pieces and shape smooth buns. Place on lined trays and let them rise for 1.5 to 2 hours.
- 4
Preheat the oven to 210 C or 190 C fan. Brush the buns with egg and bake in the middle of the oven for 8 to 10 minutes. Cool completely.
- 5
Cut off the tops. Scoop out a little crumb and mix it with milk, grated almond paste, and chopped almonds to make the filling.
- 6
Fill the buns with the almond mixture. Whip the cream and pipe or spoon it over the filling.
- 7
Replace the tops and dust generously with icing sugar just before serving.
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Recipe source: Semlor verifierade mot Arlas klassiska semmelrecept. Original link
Recipe image: Wikimedia Commons. Licensierad nyare Commons-bild av semla med tydligare textur, renare bakgrund och starkare hero-kvalitet för svensk fikatrafik.
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