Recommended recipe for Finnish Christmas windmill pastry?
The Finnish name for windmill pastry is T?htitirttu (star pastry) or joulutorttu (Christmas pastry), but I think windmill pastry is the best sound. The ingredients are bought half-finished, and the handicapped can do well. After all, it's a pain in the ass to make the pastry, and I can't make the plum jam in the center. The plum jam can be replaced with any other jam according to personal preference.
How to Make Windmill Puff Pastry
Step 1
This is a rectangular piece of puff pastry, cut it in half and make it square. We all made paper pinwheels when we were kids, so just cut it like I pictured it
Step 2
Then fold the bottom corners of the isosceles triangle in turn and press them down to the center, just like you did with the pinwheel. Press them down firmly to prevent them from bouncing back when baking. My oven is on the high side, 200 degrees is good enough. 10 minutes to look at the color, you can turn off the heat.
Step 5
Out of the oven, the crispy pinwheel pastry is done. It's super easy and can be made by a handicapped person
Pair it with a coffee or a Christmas drink, and it's the taste of a Finnish Christmas.
Take a look at some of the iconic Christmas meals from around the world
▼01 UK ◇Flavorful Christmas turkey
Christmas meals in the UK are extremely rich, with roast pig, turkey, Christmas pudding, and dried-fruit mince pies. It is said that the custom of eating Christmas turkey has a history of more than 300 years, and the average British family will cook the turkey at home, stuffing a large number of fruits and vegetables, such as asparagus, celery, onions, chestnuts, etc., into the stomach of a ten-pound turkey, and then smearing the surface with a variety of spices before putting it into the oven to roast.
When the turkey is cooked, the whole family participates, symbolizing unity and harmony, and makes a wish while the dough is stirred, which is said to be done in a clockwise direction, so that a wrong turn is unlucky. At the end, a coin will be hidden in the dough, and whoever eats it will get good luck for a year.
02 France ◇Trunk Cake
Buchedenoel, a tree trunk cake, is a famous French Christmas delicacy. Before electricity was invented, the French used a good firewood as a Christmas gift. The French are romantic by nature, and even the origins of their cuisine are romantic. Once upon a time, a young man who could not afford to buy a Christmas gift picked up a piece of wood in the forest and gave it to his lover, who not only got a beautiful woman, but also got out of control and went to the peak of his life. Therefore, the trunk cake has also become a symbol of wishing good luck for the coming year!
03 Germany ◇Fairytale Gingerbread House
The Germans also attach great importance to Christmas, people will rush back to their homes to have dinner on Christmas night, just as the Chinese people eat New Year's Eve dinner. The most famous traditional Christmas food in Germany is Gingerbread Lebkuchen, which is a kind of snack between cake and cookies. Traditionally, gingerbread is made of honey and pepper grains, which makes it sweet and spicy, with an exciting taste. Nowadays, the gingerbread is modified by sprinkling a layer of frosting on the outside, and people will make words of blessing on the gingerbread, which is not only rich in flavor, but also quite pleasing in appearance.