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Let’s share one more festive post here, even though Christmas is pretty much over again. I just didn’t have time to post this earlier… On the other hand, Swedish-speaking Finns have traditionally spent Christmas until January 13th (for what we call ”Nuutinpäivä”) so I guess you could still consider this part of the Christmas season in some way…
This year, I tried gingerbread tartlets for the first time using the recipe from the YouTuber ”Kakkumonsteri”, and they turned out well. A delightful combination of the crispiness of gingerbread and the flaky structure of Christmas tarts.
I used Valio’s caramel cream as the filling, which has a delicious taste. However, I found that the flavor suffered from heating in the oven. The best taste was when spooned directly from the fridge. (It could also be that my sense of taste has probably not fully normalized after COVID-19, as it seems that any slightly milder foods don’t taste like anything. Spicy or otherwise strong-flavored foods, like tortillas eaten on New Year’s, taste normal. For some reason, cold foods also seem to taste more intense than hot ones.) I hope that will eventually return to normal, or else I might only be able to eat traditional Finnish foods when they are cold. 😆
Preparation:
Ready-made doughs are convenient to use for this, but you can also make them yourself if you like. First, roll out gingerbread dough (”Kakkumonster’s” dough looks quite small; I rolled it out in few smaller batches), and place tortilla dough on top as shown in the video. Thin sheets of tortilla dough are handy here, and you don’t even need to roll them out much. Divide the dough into eight parts and shape them as desired. After that, you can add traditional jam as a filling, or I recommend trying caramel filling. The caramel cream I used was quite delicious and added something new for these. ”Kakkumonster” made two types of gingerbread pastries: with licorice flavor and with gingerbread flavor. Gingerbread cream cheese is sold ready-made (at least in Finland). For licorice, you’ll need licorice powder, which is mixed into the cream cheese, but it’s probably not sold in most places outside of Finland.
The tarts are baked at 225 degrees Celsius for about 10 minutes.
And now, time to eat!
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