World Flavors Cookbook

Vastlakuklid (Shrove Tuesday Buns)

Name: Vastlakuklid (Shrove Tuesday Buns)
Cook time: 15 min
Cuisine: Estonia
Ingredients: For buns: 500g flour, 250ml milk, 100g sugar, 100g butter, 1 tsp ground cardamom, 25g yeast. For filling: 400ml heavy cream, 2 tbsp sugar, lingonberry jam.

Sweet cardamom-scented buns filled with whipped cream and sometimes lingonberry jam, eaten to celebrate the end of winter.

Cuisine: Estonia

Ingredients

For buns: 500g flour, 250ml milk, 100g sugar, 100g butter, 1 tsp ground cardamom, 25g yeast. For filling: 400ml heavy cream, 2 tbsp sugar, lingonberry jam.

Instructions

1. Prepare a yeast dough with cardamom and let it rise. 2. Shape into small round buns and bake at 200°C for 12 minutes. 3. Once cooled, cut off the top of each bun. 4. Hollow out a tiny bit of the center and add a spoonful of jam. 5. Pipe a generous amount of sweetened whipped cream over the jam. 6. Place the bread "lid" back on top and dust with powdered sugar.