Semla

Semla

Traditional Swedish semla
Alternative names	Laskiaispulla and Lent buns
Type	Sweet roll
Course	Dessert
Place of origin	Sweden
Region or state	Northern Europe
Associated cuisine	Sweden
Invented	1500s
Serving temperature	Medium
Main ingredients	Wheat bread, whipped cream, and almond paste or jam.
Ingredients generally used	Icing sugar
Variations	Hetvägg
Food energy (per serving)	298 kcal (1248 kJ)
Nutritional value (per serving)	Protein 6.8 g Fat 12.7 g Carbohydrate 38.2 g
Similar dishes	Pulla and cardamom bread
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A semla, vastlakukkel, laskiaispulla, Swedish eclair, fastlagsbulle/fastelavnsbolle or vēja kūkas is a traditional sweet roll made in various forms in Sweden,^[1] Finland, Norway, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Estonia,^[2] and Latvia, associated with Lent and especially Shrove Tuesday in most countries, Shrove Monday in Denmark, parts of southern Sweden, Iceland and Faroe Islands or Sunday of Fastelavn in Norway. In Sweden it is most commonly known as just semla (plural: semlor), but is also known as fettisdagsbulle, lit. 'Fat Tuesday bun' or 'Shrove Tuesday bun'. In the southern parts of Sweden, as well as in Swedish-speaking Finland, it is known as fastlagsbulle (plural: fastlagsbullar; semla on the other hand means a plain wheat bun with butter, called bulle in Swedish). In Poland it is known as ptyś. In Estonia it is called vastlakukkel. In Norway and Denmark it is called fastelavnsbolle. In Iceland, it is known as a bolla and served on Bolludagur. In Faroe Islands it is called Føstulávintsbolli, and is served on Føstulávintsmánadagur. In Latvia, it is called vēja kūkas. Semla served in a bowl of hot milk is hetvägg.