Friday 10 April 2009

Mämmiä - kiitos!


nam nam...

'Mämmi' is a traditional Finnish Easter time dessert made from rye flour and malt. It has a brown and sticky appearance (yes, it does look like...) and as far as mämmi is concerned there are two types of people: those who love it; and those who hate it. There's no middle ground.

'Mämmi' can be bought ready-made from a shop during Easter in a variety of boxes and sizes. Making mämmi isn't hard either; it just takes quite a lot of time... As you might not get this delicacy elsewhere than in Finland - you might wish to prepare it yourself (we strongly advise against this!): 5 bowls made out of birch bark (?), 3.5 litres of water, 1kg of rye flour, 1/4kg of malt (preferably rye malts), 2 tablespoons of syrup, 2 teaspoons of salt and 2 tablespoons of orange peel. 'Mämmi' is usually eaten with cream or milk & sugar. And apparently it will take you approx. 30mins of nordic stick walking to burn a small bowl of this stuff - so perhaps you don't eat it at all...

3 comments:

emmdee said...

It tastes about as good as it looks... so LOTS of sugar & cream :(

Anne said...

With cream I love it! Without cream I can't eat it at all...

Anonymous said...

Laihduttajan unelma. Kamalan näköistä ja maistuu vielä pahemmalta kuin näyttää. Ruokahalu katoaa jo pelkästä kuvasta.