• Mini cream puffs with almonds
  • Mini cream puffs with almonds

    • Marie Skogström
    • 40
    • 30 min
    • 1 hour 40 minutes

    When you want something tasty, but not too much of a good thing, this little cutie is just the thing.

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    Here's how:

    • 1

      Heat the milk to about 25 °C and dissolve the yeast in it. Mix in the other ingredients for the semla.

    • 2

      Mix into an elastic dough. Let it rise, covered, for about 30 minutes.

    • 3

      Divide the dough into 40 pieces and roll them into balls. Place them on a baking sheet and let them rise under a kitchen towel for about 40 minutes.

    • 4

      Brush with egg and top each bun with slivered almonds.

    • 5

      Bake at 200 °C for about 6–8 minutes, then let cool.

    • 6

      Mix the almond paste and water together. Lightly whip the cream.

    • 7

      Cut the cooled buns in half and pipe the almond filling inside. Top the filling with lightly whipped cream.

    • 8

      Put the lid on and dust with powdered sugar.

     

    • Tip! If you need a little help getting started or want to learn more, feel free to check out our Baking School. Good luck with your baking!

    Ingredients

    • 50 g (1 packet) KronJäst for Sweet Doughs, fresh
    • 250 g (about 2.5 dl) milk
    • 140 g (about 1 dl) white syrup
    • 1.5 g (about 1/4 teaspoon) salt
    • 100 g butter, at room temperature
    • 3 g (about 1 tsp) cardamom, ground 
    • 550 g (about 9.3 dl) all-purpose flour

    Filling

    • 300 g Odense Premium Almond Paste
    • 1 dl (100 g) water
    • 6 dl (600 g) whipping cream

    Alternatively, Odense almond filling. A ready-made filling that can be used right away.

    Topping

    • powdered sugar

    Brushing

    • 1 egg, beaten 

    Garnish

    • almonds, flaked

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