Fastelavnsboller
These traditional Danish Fastelavnsboller (Shrovetide Buns) are very delicious and actually quite easy to make. Serve as a snack in the afternoon or evening.
Servings: 24 buns
Ingredients
Dough
- 50 g fresh yeast or equivalent dry yeast
- 2 eggs
- 2,5 dl milk
- 200 g cold butter
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 600 g all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp cardamom
- 1 egg for egg wash
- Icing sugar Cocoa and water for the icing
Custard filling
- 2 eggs
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp corn starch
- 3 dl milk
- 1 vanilla bean the seeds
Marzipan Remonce
- 150 g sugar
- 150 g butter soft
- 150 g marzipan
Instructions
Dough
- Mix flour, sugar and cardamom in a bowl.
- Add the butter and crumble it between your hands.
- Heat up the milk in a small pan until it is finger warm. Dissolve the yeast in the milk. If using dry yeast add this together with the flour.
- Add the eggs to the milk/yeast mixture and whip it together.
- Add the milk/yeast/egg mixture to the dry ingredients and mix it together. Knead the dough well and add more flour if the dough is too sticky.
- Leave dough in bowl and cover with a tea towel. Let the dough rise for about 1/2 hour.
Custard filling
- For the custard filling; Add all the ingredients in a small pan. Remember to add the empty vanilla bean as well (it has plenty of extra flavor)
- Whip all of the ingredients together and heat it up slowly. Stir constantly in the custard until it comes to a boil and begins to thickens. Pour the custard in to a bowl and let it cool off. Remember to remove the vanilla bean.
Marzipan remonce
- For the marzipan remonce; Mix sugar, soft butter and marzipan in a bowl. Knead it with your fingers.
Fastelavnsboller (The assembly)
- When the dough is done rising; separate it into 24 pieces. Roll or press the pieces flat and add about 1 tsp of custard filling and 1 tsp of remonce filling.
- Fold all corners up to the center and press to seal all edges. Turn the dough ball over, tuck in all edges and place on two baking sheets with the seam side down.
- Brush the buns with a beaten egg.
- Let them rise for 1/2 hour with a clean tea towel on top.
- Bake the buns in the oven at 200 C (400 F) for 10-15 minutes or until they are nice and golden.
- When the buns are cooled of you can decorate them with icing (made from icing sugar, water and maybe cocoa powder).