Semla: The Swedish pastry that killed a king

Do you fast from time to time? It's a tradition in many religions to abstain from certain foods or even to stop eating and drinking altogether, as Muslims do during Ramadan. Before the first day of Lent in Sweden, Christians used to eat sweet little pastries called semlor. A semla is a bun filled with almond paste and whipped cream. It is the perfect pastry for pigging out before Lent. Legend has it that one Swedish king once had a few too many... So let's get to the bottom of the story of the semla and the fate of the Swedish king.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:38 A dead King
01:50 How Semlor are made
02:38 Fasting traditions
03:46 Sweden’s love for Semla
04:19 Outro

CREDITS
Report: Gönna Ketels
Camera: Neven Hillebrands
Edit: Andreas Hyronimus
Supervising editor: Ruben Kalus

#semla #sweden #pastry
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