Hyvää Vappua!
Happy May Day!
It’s a tradition to eat munkki’s (our version of donuts) and drink sima (a kind of homemade mead) on the first of May. I obviosly pride myself on making my own sima and munkki.
I started the sima on Monday because it needs to ferment proberly to get that distinct flavour and a bit of bubbles. If you go overboard with the yeast and sugar and give it time, you’ll develop a low level alcoholic drink. Everyone has a grandma or an auntie that served the kids sima that most definitely gave more than just a sugar high.
The munkki dough I made last night and let it bulk ferment in the cold overnight so it was ready for shaping first thing in the morning. The dough is basically your average cinnamon bun dough, but I put quark and grated lemon zest in mine to give it more flavour and freshness.
I always make both the donut shapes and the donut holes too. I myself prefer eating the little balls. After shaping and letting them rise again, munkki’s are fried in oil and tossed in sugar.
In terms of calories, if one were to count them, we don’t need to eat anything else today after having a few munkkis and sima for breakfast.
I see what you're doing here and it won't work. I'll not be made to feel inadequate due to lack of munkki's!
Ah fuck it, yeah I will!
This post is basically just to tease you :)
It worked.
Kokeilin itsekin tehdä simaa itse tänä vuonna ensimmäistä kertaa. Niin kuin vanhaan tapaan simassa, käytin omassani puolet hunajaa fariinisokerin lisäksi. Lopputulos oli aika hyvä, Juttakin tykkäsi :D
No on varmasti hyvää! Ens kerralla sitten kunnon viikinkisimaa eli kärpässieniä sekaan eikös? 😝
Those munkki look really tasty. I'd happy have a cheat day for a plate of those.
I'll assume that you never measure the temp of the oil. Do you go by sound?
How can you assume I’d be so careless with hot oil and baking!? 😝 You are absolutely right though, I don’t use a thermometer. I usually look at the oil, put my hand close to it and then sacrifice one munkki hole. It’s pretty easy to see from the bubbling if the oil is a good temp.
Glada vappen! :p
And that’s basically all the Swedish I know 😂😅
Lovely, hyvää vappua! Or "head volbrit", as we like to say in Estonian. Did you see any witches flying around? 😄
Head volbrit is most definitely a spell of some sort! Especially if you have witches there, we only have those around the easter time.
Made me hungry looking at the food photos. :)
That’s the whole point of food related posts 😝
Oi, näyttääpä herkulliselta. Hyvää vappua!
Aurinkoista ja henkisesti lämmintä vappua!