Friday, January 16, 2015

Semlor Recipe - A Traditional Swedish Recipe

Semla in singular form or semlor in plural (and let's admit, any good bun enthusiast will certainly constantly have at least 2, so call them semlor) are doughy rounds of sin, exuding a slathericious almond and cardamom paste with lashings and lashings of vanilla-whipped cream a top.

Generally consumed just on the day prior to Lent, (the Christian fasting duration), semlor are now consumed each day by semlor addicts across the country from christmas up until easter.
Ingredients for the buns:
550 ml milk
1150 grams AP flour
200 grams sugar
200 grams butter / margarin, room temperature
75 grams fresh yeast / 15 grams dried yeast
15 grams cardamom (I didn�t use this)
1 egg

Directions:
- Warm the milk in a microwave or on the stove. Temperature level ought to be around 40 to 45 C.
- Add yeast in it, and let it sit for a minimum of 2 minutes.
- In a huge bowl/ mixer bowl, put all dry active ingredients, butter and egg. Mix entirely.
- Pour the milk gradually into flour mix. Mix everything and begin kneading.
- If you utilize hands, it may take around 10 to 15 minutes.
- You understand the dough prepares if you attempt to make a sphere from it, it has good and smooth surface area. Let it rest for 45 minutes.
- After 45 minutes, it'll double in size. And you can begin making little sphere. Each round weight around 80 to 100 grams. You'll navigate 30 buns from this dish.

Ingredients for filling:
200 ml milk
1 tbsp flour
1 tbs corn flour
2 egg yolk
40 grams sugar

Directions:
- Bring milk to virtually boil.
- Mix yolk, sugar and flour in a bowl with hand whisk till pale.
- Pour milk into yolk mix and put back on the stove and cook till thick.
- Let it cool prior to you combine with almond paste.
Put together:
- Take 1 bun, cut the leading part a bit then scrape a bit the within part of the larger part of the bun. Fill the bun with 1 tsp of almond mix.
- Add whipped cream on the top, then put back the little part of the bun.
- Sprinkle icing sugar on top. Serve