Swedish Semlor Recipe - Cardamom Sweet Rolls filled with Almond Paste

The days are getting longer and I don't have to take pictures in the near-dark anymore! Longer days also means we're getting closer to Fat Tuesday. This day right before Lent is often used to "fatten up" in Christian cultures, and it is no different in Sweden. There it is celebrated by eating the delicious "semla"(plural semlor), a sweet roll made of enriched dough spiced with cardamom, which is filled with almond paste, milk and a good dollop of whipped cream. Sounds good, no? By eating one of these, you'll definitely be living up to the name Fat Tuesday. But really, Christmas fattens us up plenty before Lent these days(we should call Christmas "Fat Two Days" instead), but there you have it. Traditions are not to be messed with and so we'll have to break our newly vowed diets - at least with a fantastic excuse.

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