Comments on: Braided Cardamom Pain au Lait

By: Veronica Erwin

Veronica Erwin — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 19:29:12 +0000

Funny to find this on your French cooking site. My husband is from the Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (he’s a Yooper.
I am an honorary Yooper from Indiana). Lots of Fins and Norwegians descendants up there. This is had this all the time with coffee (they drink a lot of coffee). He grew up eating this. I make it for him often. I had never heard of it before meeting him. It is very good but does take some time.

By: Pardon your French

Pardon your French — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 15:04:47 +0000

In reply to JT. Hi JT, so happy to get a feedback on this recipe from a Finn! Thanks for the review, I have always enjoyed my pulla with this cream-egg-yolk brushing on top, but I am sure a simple egg brushing (the true Finnish way as you suggest) is just a delicious. In Finland, I had it many times with shaved almonds on top too, or nibbed sugar.

By: JT

JT — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 21:31:41 +0000

It’s important to get coarsely ground cardamom, as otherwise the flavor disappears into the dough. The glaze is interesting… and in no way traditionally Finnish. You typically just brush it with some lightly whisked egg and sprinkle nibbed sugar on top. I don’t know about putting the cardamom on top as it might become bitter as it browns. Source: I’m a Finn 🙂

By: Pardon your French

Pardon your French — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:33:01 +0000

In reply to bite.

Hello and thank you for your comment. As mentioned in the post, this recipe is a Finnish Pulla (bun/brioche). Although from Finland, I find it very reminiscent of French brioches, which is why I wanted to share this recipe on the blog. As mentioned in the cooking notes, this is a recipe from Saveur.com: you can find the link in the cooking notes, and you will see that the original recipe is in cups/tbsp (not grams). I did not change the recipe at all (so it wasn’t originally in grams), I simply shared it on the blog and mentioned the source. I am sorry if you thought this recipe was originally French… but you are right: most French recipes are in grams, not cups – just not this one, as this isn’t an original French recipe 🙂

By: bite

bite — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 13:59:10 +0000

why on earth would you use cups to measure baking ingredients for a french recipe which must originally have been in grams…
I was going to try one of your recipes but then I realized this is not serious baking.