This recipe has taken wayyy too long to make. And I have to admit, it also takes a lot of time to make the pastry.
It is based on the classic Danish Cardamom Swirls. i have added apples and given it a new appearance. I have used both green cardamom and the Asian tsaoko cardamom. However, the latter can be omitted or replaced with green cardamom.
After the apple pieces have boiled in order to make the sugar layer, these can be discarded. However, they taste delicious and sweet and can be eaten as a dessert, perhaps with a bit of vanilla ice cream.
Cardamom wreath with apple
Equipment
- Mortar
Ingredients
Dough
- ¼ tsaoko cardamom seeds (equivalent to 1/2 teaspoon grinded, can be omitted)
- 4-6 green cardamom pods (equivalent to 1/2 teaspoon grinded)
- 3 dl plant-based milk
- 50 g fresh yeast (or 14g dry yeast)
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 700 g wheat flour
- 150 g vegan butter
Remonce
- 200 g brown sugar
- 2 tsp grounded cinnamon
- 140 g vegan butter room temperature
Sugar layer for brushing
- 1½ dl water
- 50 g sugar
- ½ apple
Cardamomme sugar
- ½ tsp green cardamom pods grinded
- 1 tbsp sugar
Apple
- ¾ apple
Instructions
Dough
- Split the green cardamom pods and grind the seeds in a mortar
- Pour the crushed seeds in a small bowl and save them for later
- Pour milk and the green cardamom shells in a saucepan
- Split the tsaoko cardamom pods, grind them coarsely in a mortar, and put the seeds in the milk
- Heat the milk on low heat for about 10 minutes to infuse the taste of cardamom in the milk. Then pour it through a strainer to remove the cardamom shells and seeds
- In a bowl, mix milk, the grinded green cardamom seeds, and yeast and stir until the yeast has dissolved
- Chop the vegan butter
- Mix all the ingredients together and stir until the dough is uniform
- Sprinkle the kitchen table with a bit of flour and knead the dough on the table
- Put the dough back in the bowl and cover it with a dishtowel
- Let the dough rise for about 1 hour on the kitchen table
- Make the remonce, sugar water, and cardamom sugar while the dough rises
Remonce
- Mix sugar and cinnamon in a bowl
- Chop the vegan butter
- In a bowl, mix all the ingredients together with a fork until it is creamy and there are no lumps of butter
Sugar water for brushing
- Cut the apple into smaller pieces so they can fit in a saucepan
- Pour water, sugar, and apple pieces into a saucepan and cook for 20-30 min until the apple pieces are completely cooked
- Remove the apple by running it through a strainer. Allow the water to cool
Cardamom sugar
- Crush the green cardamom pods in a mortar and mix the seeds with the sugar in a small bowl
Fold cardamom wreaths
- Rinse the apple, remove the core and chop it into small pieces
- Divide the dough into 15 equal pieces
- Roll each piece out into a small oblong rectangle
- Smear some remonce on top
- Place a few pieces of apple at one end of the rectangle and fold the dough up around these. Roll the rest of the dough into a roulade
- Make a cut through the roulade so that it splits in the middle – but do not cut all the way through, the roulade should be in one piece at the top so that it looks like a pair of trousers with the apple pieces still covered in dough
- Twist the two dough strips together to create one twisted piece. Fold the twist around the lump of dough with apples to form a wreath. Fold the end of the twisted piece under the wreath
- Repeat with the rest of the dough pieces and the remonce
- Place the wreaths on two sheets of baking paper and let them rise covered in a dishtowel for about ½ hour
- Bake the wreaths in the oven until golden at 200°C for 10-12 min
- Brush the cardamom wreaths with the sugar water and sprinkle with cardamom sugar as soon as they get out of the oven
- Let the cardamom wreaths cool on a rack