Dessert

Kleinur (Austurland)

Name: Kleinur (Austurland)
Total time: 1h30m
Yield: 20 servings
Cuisine: Iceland
Ingredients: 500g flour; 100g sugar; 75g butter; 2 eggs; 1 tsp cardamom; 1 tsp baking ammonia or powder; 150ml buttermilk; Tallow or oil for frying

East-fjords cardamom-buttermilk twists fried in mutton tallow — the coffee-table staple.

1h30m 20 servings Medium

Ingredients

• 500g flour
• 100g sugar
• 75g butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp cardamom
• 1 tsp baking ammonia or powder
• 150ml buttermilk
• Tallow or oil for frying

Method

Step 1 of 425%

Rub butter into flour, sugar, cardamom and leavener.

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1
Rub butter into flour, sugar, cardamom and leavener.
2
Mix in eggs and buttermilk; rest 30 min.
3
Roll 5 mm thick; cut diamonds with a slit; pull a corner through.
4
Fry at 180°C until deep golden; cool on rack.