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You all have posted so nice dinners! Here is my, well it's not dinner is it, more of an evening snack. But I don't know where else it should go. I hope that is okay.
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We have an almond paste filling inside our "semlor", never heard of strawberries though. You mean as filling, right? Another, more unusual, way to eat them is in a bowl with hot milk. To get more flavor I add cardamom and sugar to the milk. To drink with the semla we don't have anything special, milk maybe. The beer is just me doing things a bit differently. This is at least what I personally am used to. It's interesting to see how we do things differently. Do you have anything else you differently except for the punch?
Semlor/fettisdagsbulle is very seasonal yummu here, available only during few weeks during this time of the year. It's a celebration with paganic origins, later adapted by church. Originally it used to be some sort of feminine celebration. Nowadays known as pääsiäinen/fettisdagen. Hey the day will be in few weeks!
Semlor always come filled with lots of whipped cream and either almond or strawberries/raspberries (fresh or jam). But not both.
Some like almonds, some, like me, prefer berries.
The traditional and decent way to enjoy semlor is with a shot of arrack punch, although some prefer akvavit. Kids have to get along with milk or juice.
Pretty much like here though besides the punch and berries as I mentioned. But not everybody likes the almond paste so when we make home made ones the almond paste can be substituted with something like jam, chocolate or whatever you feel like. I haven't seen those options in stores though, and it is not the traditional way of making them. Just writing about it makes me want to eat one ;)