Laskiainen buns

[luckykitty]

Hi,

Does anyone know what the Swedish equivalent of this bun is? the one with mandel (almond) paste inside. I ate in Sweden before I tried the one here, but I'm not sure if it was served on a different day.

Meanwhile, has anyone made one of these before? what sort of cream do I need to make the filling?

Cheers,
k.

[EP]

Just ordinary whipped cream.

[EP]

And the Swedish one is the same as the Finnish one. There are two kinds of fillings in Finland: the one with almond (sour to my taste), and the one with jam. The almond one is the older variant, but because all people don´t like its sour taste, someone sometime created the jam version.

[luckykitty]

I had one today, but it wasn't sour. Did you mean sour by that you didn't like it? :O
What do they call it in Sweden then?

[Rosamunda]

I had one today, but it wasn't sour. Did you mean sour by that you didn't like it? :O
What do they call it in Sweden then?

Almond flavouring can be quite bitter tasting.

The Swedes call them semla or fastlagsbulle and eat them right up until Easter not just on Shrove Tuesday (fettisdagen).

For the Brits though, today is PANCAKE DAY and also traditionally the day for playing mob football.

[sinikettu]

Not only is it Cream Bun Day,.....It is also Runeberg Torta Päivä
http://www.tonfisk-design.fi/products/r ... _cake.html

yUmm yUmm...

[Rosamunda]

Yes, laskiaispulla for breakfast, Runeberg cakes with my students this afternoon, pancakes for supper with the kids...

[luckykitty]

I had one today, but it wasn't sour. Did you mean sour by that you didn't like it? :O
What do they call it in Sweden then?

Almond flavouring can be quite bitter tasting.

Mm, so i guess there are alot of people hear who don't like marzipan :O? because thats similar to whats inside the almond version.

Thanks for telling me what they are called in Swedish . Yeah, I guess i must have ate one for Easter or something.

Woo, pancakes love them too . Are people eating too much jam though? First Runeberg torte (jam), laskiainen pulla (jam version), pancakes (with jam ofcourse).
Sugar overload? ;p

[Rosamunda]

Are people eating too much jam though? First Runeberg torte (jam), laskiainen pulla (jam version), pancakes (with jam ofcourse).
Sugar overload? ;p

We get berries for free in Finland. But there is not much jam on a Runeberg torte or even in a Laskiainen pulla.

Marzipan is quite sweet but almond essence can be bitter. If you have ever eaten "raw" almonds you will know what I mean. I think both versions are available.

Incidently, I conducted a quick survey in our house this evening (Who had what for lunch) and the jam-filled Laskiainen pulla out-voted the marzipan variety by 3-1. OTOH, ground almonds are way too expensive for free school dinners

[luckykitty]

Yeah, I usually have almonds sweetened with sugar already, so I never notice the bitterness much.I don't think i like almond essence much either, but it seems like even the marzipan-kind of laskiainen buns aren't that popular here. The lady at K-market even forewarned it had almond paste inside, as if there are many people who don't like it (which seems to be the case here )

Marzipan is popular in Germany, and I think the Swedish generally like sweet almond stuff too, but I guess in Finland people generally dislike it? . It's the first time I noticed this.

[Rosamunda]

Yes interesting... in Hungary there was a popular poppy seed cake flavoured with bitter almond essence. The almond essence was green (bright green) so the cake was green speckled with black bits (the poppy seeds). I still make it sometimes, for example Halloween, and put orange icing on top!

Generally speaking, nuts (almonds, walnuts, hazlenuts etc) are not a prominent ingredient in Finnish food whereas berries are.

My other favourite Easter food is pasha. Not really Finnish (it comes from Russia) but I love it. Dead easy to make but I usually just buy it from the supermarket. It's like cheesecake in a tub.

[enk]

...the jam-filled Laskiainen pulla out-voted the marzipan variety by 3-1.

Same survey results here

-enk

[sinikala]

I'm not a big fan of Laskiaispulla (hamburger bun filled with cream) nor Runebergintorttu (Bakewell tart gone wrong), but to be honest, you can't really expect much from a country where Kinder Surprise is an acceptable form of Easter egg, can you?

For the Brits though, today is PANCAKE DAY and also traditionally the day for playing mob football.

I wouldn't normally have made pancakes on pancake day, but the missus has been away for a couple of days, and I couldn't be arsed to go shopping. A cursory glance in the fridge and the cupboard revealed that the ingredients for pancakes (flour, eggs, milk, baking powder) were all present and correct... took about 15 minutes to knock out three rather decent Irish cheddar with salted cucumber and one sugar & lemon take on Crêpe Suzette.

I was quite impressed with how well they came out in this particular frying pan, enough that I'm tempted to make them again for the missus on Sunday morning, so much for the shrove bit.

[Rosamunda]

I found a minature bottle of Cognac (relic from Finnair business class) so we set fire to ours. Yum.

But I disagree about the "failed" Bakewell Tarts. I think a GOOD Runeberg Torttu is kind of moreish. But they have to be fresh and very moist with no fake Rum flavour.

[luckykitty]

I'm not a big fan of Laskiaispulla (hamburger bun filled with cream) nor Runebergintorttu (Bakewell tart gone wrong), but to be honest, you can't really expect much from a country where Kinder Surprise is an acceptable form of Easter egg, can you?

But Kinder Surprise is from Germany, and Germany has good bakeries . I like the laskiaispulla cos its not too sugary, its just a bun with cream basically, but i can see that people do usually want sweeter items. But its good for a 'fasting' day right?

What's a bakewell tart? And how do tarts relate to tortes? They are quite different right? (at least the equivalents i know in english are different). From wiki: "A torte is a cake made with many eggs and usually ground nuts or even bread crumbs instead of or in addition to flour. " A tart is kinda like a sweet pie with no top. I like egg tarts, but its mostly popular in asia.