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Sweden · Dessert

Swedish Kringle

Serves 12 · 120 minutes

Suits: Vegetarian, Pescatarian. Allergens named in the ingredients: Gluten, Eggs, Milk, Tree nuts. Flags come from what shops, restaurants and cooks list and from the ingredient names. Always check the label. This is not medical advice.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup / 120 g All-purpose flour
  • ½ cup / 115 g Butter, cold
  • 4 teaspoons (20 mL) / 20 g Water
  • 1 cup (8 oz) / 250 g Water
  • ½ cup / 115 g Butter
  • 1 teaspoon / 4 g White sugar
  • 1 teaspoon / 5 g Almond extract
  • 3 / 150 g Eggs, large
  • 2 cups / g Powdered sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon / 0.7 g Salt
  • 3 Tablespoons / 40 g Butter, softened
  • 2 Tablespoons / 30 g Milk
  • ½ teaspoon / 3 g Vanilla extract (or almond extract)

Method

  1. Mix like a pie crust:  Cut the butter into the flour, then stir in the water.  It will be somewhat dry and crumbly.
  2. Press the crumbs into the bottom of a biscuit tin or cake pan and set aside. (Do not bake yet.)
  3. Preheat oven to 375 °F (190 °C, gas mark 5, moderate/moderately hot).
  4. Boil the water and butter in a medium-size pan.
  5. Remove from heat.  Dump the sugar and flour in all at once, and stir (e.g., with a wooden spoon) to form a uniform paste.  The dough will be hot and thick at this stage. Traditionally, choux dough is cooked until it reaches 175 °F (80 °C) at this stage, but it needs to cool to about 145 °F (63 °C) before the next step, or the egg might fry instead of getting stirred in.
  6. Add the almond flavoring and the first egg, beating well with a spoon, until the egg is incorporated into the dough. (Do not use an electric mixer.) Then add the second egg, and beat again until the egg is incorporated. Finally, add the third egg, and beat again. Beating each egg in to the dough may take a minute or two per egg, especially for the last one.
  7. Spread the choux pastry over the unbaked crust with a spatula until fairly smooth.
  8. Bake at 375°F for about 45 minutes, until browned.  The goal is at least a deep golden brown, not a pale beige. Don't underbake this, or it will completely collapse as soon as you take it out of the oven.
  9. Cool slowly. The center will sink as it cools.
  10. Beat the powdered sugar, salt, and butter together.  Add milk and vanilla, and beat again until smooth.
  11. Spread on the cooled pastry.
  12. Serve within two hours, or refrigerate for up to three days.