Mämmi

Mämmi, Finnish Easter rye pudding

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The Finnish Easter dessert: a layered dessert made with rye flour and malt, sweetened and cooked for one hour with molasses and bitter orange peel, then b…

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With these instructions, it is possible to prepare five servings of mämmi.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time5 min
  • Resting5 hr
  • Total5 hr 20 min
  • DifficultyHard
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodSlow cooking, oven
  • Estimated cost$50.97 $5.10 / serving Estimated price; varies by store.
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan

Ingredients

10 people
  • $44.00
  • $6.49
  • $0.10
  • $0.38

Prices from US supermarkets.

Directions

  1. Heat the water to 90 °C and whisk in the rye flour and malt until a smooth paste forms.
  2. Cover the surface with a thick layer of flour and malt, cover the stockpot, and let it simmer for three hours. ≈ 3 min
  3. Whisk, add 1 liter of hot water, cover with another layer of flour and malt, and let it ferment for half an hour. ≈ 4 min
  4. Continue this process until all the water, flour, and malt have been used up. ≈ 3 min
  5. Cook the mämmi for about an hour, stirring frequently, and adding the molasses, salt, and bitter orange peel.
  6. Whisk until it cools, then pour it into rinsed containers.
  7. Sprinkle with sugar and bake for approximately five hours in a low oven.

The bill

Mämmi, Finnish Easter rye pudding

  • 5 kg of rye flour$44.00
  • 9 tablespoons of molasses$6.49
  • 2 to 3 teaspoons of salt$0.10
  • 8 tablespoons of bitter orange peel (bigarade) powder$0.38

Total$50.97

that's $5.10 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 5 liters of water
  • 5 kg of rye flour
  • 500 g of rye malt
  • 9 tablespoons of molasses
  • 2 to 3 teaspoons of salt
  • 8 tablespoons of bitter orange peel (bigarade) powder
  • sugar, for the top

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