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Christmas Cookery in Iceland
There's a flurry of baking
for the Yuletide season in
Iceland, as there is in many
homes in North America. The
preparation of laufabrauð is
the occasion, in many homes,
for a big party. All genera-
tions join in for the annual
event. It is said that in olden
days, men went from farm to
farm to teach the art of deco-
rating the bread. The laufab-
rauð is then eaten with
hangikjöt on Christmas Eve.
Now it is aiso seen hanging as
a Christmas decoration in
many windows in Iceland.
In Regina, Jón Örn
Jónsson, Honourary Icelandic
Consul for Saskatchewan and
his wife Ulu (Guðrún) have
hosted such a party for about
thirty years. This is the recipe
they use:
Laufabrauð
IV2 cups milk
1 teaspoon sugar
V2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups flour
Warm milk with sugar, salt
and butter. Sift in flour and bak-
ing powder. Knead dough until
smooth, and then divide into
equal parts.
Put dough into a plastic bag
Laufabrauð waiting to be fried
Seven kinds of smákökur are
made ready to serve guests;
the only time of the year one
sees what we think of as
"ordinary cookies." Here is
the recipe from Kökur
Margrétar, for hálfmánar
(halfmoons). It is the recipe
Ulu Jónsson uses.
Hveitið er látið á horðið og
sykurinn í miðju, smjörlíkinu
nuddað samanvið og bleytt í með
egginu og hinu útbleytta hjar-
tarsalti. Deigið hnoðað og flatt
út, ekki mjög þunnt, mótað í
kringlóttar kökur, látin sulta með
skeið á miðja kökuna og brotið
saman, svo það myndi hálfmána.
to keep it warm. Then roll out the parts until very thin (about 6 inch diameter). Let the rolled out piece sit for ten to fifteen minutes before beginning to cut the designs in it. With a sharp knife, cut designs into each round, and then deep fry in canola oil until golden brown.
Hálfmánar (half moons)
500 gr hveiti 500 gr flour
300 gr smjörlflci 300 gr butter or margarine
250 gr sykur 250 gr sugar
1 egg 1 egg
1 lítil teskeið hjartarsalt, 1 small teaspoon ammonium
bleytt í 2-3 matsk. af vatni bicarbonate mixed in 2 - 3 drops of water
Bezt er að nota sveskjusultu.
Þetta deig má ekki geyma nema
frá degi til dags. Bakist við
sterkan hita, Ijósbrúnir.
Mix flour and sugar, then
rub in butter or margarine, add
egg and ammonium bicarbon-
ate. Knead until smooth and
roll out, not too thin, and
divide into rounds, put a
spoonful of jam into the mid-
dle of each round, fold over
and pinch together, making a
half moon. It's best to use
prune jam. Bake at 350 until
light brown.
Rice Pudding
In Iceland a favourite desert
for the Christmas Eve dinner is
rice pudding. Lara Hale in
Edmonton gave the editor of L-
H this recipe many years ago,
and said it was an essential part
of the Christmas repast. In
many homes there is an almond
hidden in the pudding, and it is
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