Swedish Semla,
During the weekend I made Swedish semla. Semla is a bun with almond paste, whipped cream, and cardamom. Semla is a bun that is not only loved by most Swedes, but also by foreigners who visit Sweden. The word semla is from the Latin simila which means flour and it refers to the bun's light-colored part.
There is a tradition to eat semla on fettisdagen (fat Tuesday), but usually, semla is enjoyed all year round. Semla is quite easy to make and anybody can make these delicious buns.
Ingredients for the dough:
250-gram flour
23-gram sugar
6-gram yeast
1 teaspoon cardamom
130-gram milk
30-gram butter (we are using room temperature butter that way we can use less flour and the buns become more fluffy and soft, compared to using melted butter which needs more flour and makes the buns less fluffy and soft)
For the almond paste:
60-gram powdered almond
9-gram sugar
a little milk
For the egg wash
1 egg
a few drops of milk
Steps to make it
1. In a big bowl mix flour, sugar, yeast, cardamom, butter, egg, and milk together. Make it into a dough.
2. Knead the dough for around 10 minutes and then cover the dough and let it rest for 40 minutes.
3. After 40 minutes, divide the dough into 5 pieces and make them into buns.
4. Cover the 5 buns and let it rest for another 40 minutes and continue with making the almond paste.
5. In a bowl, mix the powdered almond, sugar, and milk, until it becomes a paste.
6. Once the buns have been resting for 40 minutes, brush the buns with the egg wash.
7. Turn on the oven to 225 degrees and bake the buns for around 7-10 minutes.
8. Once the buns have been baked, cut off the top part of the bun.
9. Remove some bread from the middle of the bun and add the removed part to the almond mixture.
10. Add the almond paste to the middle of the bun and add the whipped cream on top.
11. Add the top part of the bun that was cut in step 8.
12. Sprinkle some powdered sugar on top of the buns.
Done! Please enjoy your Swedish semla. Please feel to leave a comment.
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