This post Fat-Tuesday was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius-Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård/ Tyra's Garden
Finally it is here! The day I'm been
longing for, Fat-Tuesday or Fettisdagen as we say in my native to tongue.
This is the day we eat "Semla"
This wonderful bun made of wheat flour and flavoured with cardamom. After it is
baked and cool, you cut the top of the bun and fill it with soft almond paste.
Now you whip some delicious cream and add it nicely on top of the bun, gently
put back the lid you cut off earlier and dust over some icing sugar. Voilà -
a SEMLA!
You can eat it just as it is together with
your coffee or tea…or even better perhaps with a cup of hot chocolate. We
however, usually, on this day anyway, eat it on a plate this hot milk. Then it
is called “Hetvägg” translated to your lingo, it would be something like “Hot
Wall” A bit odd, but there you go, this is a very old tradition…I’m sure it
there is a good explanation somewhere.
Fat Tuesday...Mardi Gras...well that is a completely different thing, we do not party at all on this day.
Country Bread is another favorite, a wonderful book that really inspire you to make your own bread. It's by Linda Collister och Anthony Blake. Bread is best baked in wood-fired ovens, using traditional methods to ensure a natural, country taste. That's why I love to bake whenever I'm my country house.