Semla
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| Alternative names | Script error: No such module "Lang". and Lent buns | ||||||
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| Type | Sweet roll | ||||||
| Course | Dessert | ||||||
| Place of origin | Sweden | ||||||
| Region or state | Northern Europe | ||||||
| Associated cuisine | Swedish cuisine | ||||||
| Invented | 1500s | ||||||
| Serving temperature | Medium | ||||||
| Main ingredients | Wheat bread, whipped cream, and almond paste or jam. | ||||||
| Ingredients generally used | Icing sugar | ||||||
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| Similar dishes | Pulla and cardamom bread | ||||||
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Etymology
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Sweden/Finland/Estonia
Today, the Swedish-Finnish Script error: No such module "Lang". consists of a cardamom-spiced wheat bun which has its top cut off, and is then filled with a mix of milk and almond paste, topped with whipped cream. The cut-off top serves as a lid and is dusted with powdered sugar. Today it is often eaten on its own, with coffee or tea. Some prefer to eat it in a bowl of hot milk.
In Finland, the bun is often filled with strawberry or raspberry jam instead of almond paste, and bakeries in Finland usually offer both versions. (Many bakeries distinguish between the two by decorating the traditional bun with almonds on top, whereas the jam-filled version has powdered sugar on top). Opinions on which of the two is the "correct" filling are divided, and it is a common topic of contention (similar to e.g. the matter of pineapple on pizza, i.e. usually not taken too seriously).[4] In Finland-Swedish, Script error: No such module "Lang". means a plain wheat bun, used for bread and butter, and not a sweet bun.
As a result of the Protestant Reformation with a decline in strict observances of Lent, Swedes began to add cream and almond paste to the mix and started eating Script error: No such module "Lang". every Tuesday between Shrove Tuesday and Easter. Every year, at around the same time that the Swedish bakeries fill with Script error: No such module "Lang"., local newspapers start to fill with Script error: No such module "Lang". taste tests. Panels of 'experts' dissect and inspect tables full of Script error: No such module "Lang". to find the best in town.[5][6]
Some bakeries have created alternative forms of the pastry, such as the "semmelwrap" formed as a wrap rather than the traditional bun, while others have added e.g. chocolate, marzipan, or pistachios to the recipe.[7]
In Finland and Estonia the traditional dessert predates Christian influences.[citation needed] Script error: No such module "Lang". and Script error: No such module "Lang"., both days included in laskiainen, were festivals when children and youth would go sledding or downhill sliding on a hill or a slope to determine how the crop would yield in the coming year. Those who slid the farthest were going to get the best crop. Hence the festival is named after the act of sliding or sledding downhill, Script error: No such module "Lang".. Nowadays Script error: No such module "Lang". has been integrated into Christian customs as the beginning of lent before Easter.[8]
In Estonia, Script error: No such module "Lang". is often a cardamom-spiced wheat bun with whipped cream only[2] or with jam or marzipan filling added. Similarly to Finland, Script error: No such module "Lang". or Script error: No such module "Lang". (Shrove Tuesday) involves sledding. Estonians believed that the one with the longest slide would have the best flax crop yield – specifically the longer the crop, the longer fiber which would mean a higher quality linen textile could be produced.
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A classic Swedish semla, with a cardamom bun, a small piece of which is cut off and used as a lid.
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Norway
Script error: No such module "Lang". consists of a cardamom-spiced wheat bun which has its top cut off, and is then filled with whipped cream, topped with jam. The cut-off top serves as a lid and is dusted with powdered sugar. The buns are served at Sunday of Fastelavn (Shrove Sunday), but were previously associated with Shrove Tuesday.[9]
Denmark/Iceland/Faroe Islands
The version sold in Danish bakeries on or around Shrove Monday is rather different, made from puff pastry and filled with whipped cream, a bit of jam and often with icing on top. At home people may bake a version more similar to a usual wheat roll, mixing plain yeast dough with raisins, succade and sometimes candied bitter orange peel.
In Iceland it is done in a similar way but in place of puff pastry more common is the choux pastry version.
In Icelandic, Shrove Monday is called bolludagur (bun day), named after the pastry.
In the Faroe Islands, it is done with choux pastry, and filled with vanilla cream, whipped cream and jam, and topped with chocolate icing.
History
The oldest version of the Script error: No such module "Lang". was a plain bread bun, eaten in a bowl of warm milk. In Swedish this is known as Script error: No such module "Lang"., from Middle Low German Script error: No such module "Lang". ('hot wedges') or German Script error: No such module "Lang". ('hot buns') and falsely interpreted as "hotwall".[10][11]
The Script error: No such module "Lang". was originally eaten only on Shrove Tuesday, or all of the three days before Lent, as the last festive food before Lent. However, with the arrival of the Protestant Reformation, the Swedes stopped observing a strict fast for Lent. The Script error: No such module "Lang". in its bowl of warm milk became a traditional dessert every Tuesday between Shrove Tuesday and Easter. Today, Script error: No such module "Lang". are available in shops and bakeries every day from shortly after Christmas until Easter. Each Swede consumes on average four to five bakery-produced Script error: No such module "Lang". each year, in addition to any that are homemade.[12]
According to a popular myth, King Adolf Frederick of Sweden died of digestion problems on February 12, 1771, after consuming a Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang".), the king's favorite dessert, after a meal consisting of sauerkraut, turnips, caviar, smoked herring, and champagne.[13] In recent versions of the legend, the Script error: No such module "Lang". has turned into 14, and sometimes into cinnamon buns.[14]
This was the sweet chosen to represent Finland in the Café Europe initiative of the Austrian presidency of the European Union, on Europe Day 2006.
See also
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- Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden
- Cream bun
- Estonian cuisine
- Finnish cuisine
- List of buns
- List of pastries
- Swedish cuisine
References
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