Cardamom buns

Cardamom buns

Few smells are as wonderful as freshly-ground cardamom. If you don't have a mortar and pestle, you can crush the cardamom pods with a rolling pin or put the pods between two cutting boards and crush them. This ensures you get the most flavour out!

Ingredients

Main Bun

50 g Yeast
500 ml Semi-skimmed milk
tsp Salt
120 g Caster sugar
1 tbsp Crushed ground cardamom Kernels
150 g Butter
1 tbsp Wheat flour
1 Egg

Filling

200 g Butter
120 g Caster sugar
2½ tbsp Ground cardamom

Garnish

40 g Caster sugar

Instructions

Step 1

  • Crumble the yeast into a bowl. Heat the milk to about 37 °. Pour the milk over the yeast, and stir until the yeast dissolves.

Step 2

  • Add the salt, sugar, cardamom, butter, eggs and almost all the flour. Work the dough until it becomes glossy and smooth. Allow to rest under a cloth for about 30 minutes.

Step 3

  • Heat the oven to 225 °.

Step 4

  • Mix the filling ingredients together. Work the dough on a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into two pieces and roll out into rectangles, about 30 x 45 cm.

Step 5

  • Spread the filling on the rectangles of dough. Fold the rectangles in half. Cut the rectangles into strips, approximately 2 cm wide.

Step 6

  • Roll the strips loosely together, in a spiral. Place them on baking trays. Allow to rest under the towel for about 30 minutes.

Step 7

  • Mix together sugar and cardamom. Brush the buns with eggs and sprinkle with the sugar mixture.

Step 8

  • Bake in the middle of the oven for 8 - 10 minutes. Leave to cool on a rack under the cloth.
Enjoy!
https://www.arlafoods.co.uk/recipes/cardamom-buns/