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klejner recipe

Klejner

A traditional Danish Christmas pastry that consists of fried dough shaped into a knot or diamond.
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Course Snack
Cuisine Danish

Ingredients
  

  • 500 g flour
  • 100 g sugar
  • ½ pinch salt
  • 150 g baking or frying margarine
  • 3 eggs
  • ½ dl cream
  • Palmin

Instructions
 

  • Mix flour, sugar and deer antler salt.
  • Crumble the margarine into the mixture.
  • Add eggs and cream, and knead it all well together.
  • Put the dough in the fridge for an hour.
  • Roll out the dough into approx. ½ cm thick.
  • Cut it into approx. 3 cm wide strips on the long joint - preferably with a small groove.
  • Cut the strips diagonally across so that they have a length of approx. 8 cm.
  • Cut a small incision in the middle of each klejne and pull one tip through the cut so that the klejne gets its characteristic shape. (Just below there is a small video where you can see how you do it :)
  • Heat the palm tree in a saucepan over even heat. You only need to fill the pot half full with palm oil.
  • Carefully add 2-3 kleins to the liquid palm and cook them until golden - turn them a few times along the way. If the clays do not rise quickly to the surface, your palm is too cold.
  • Pick up the donuts, place them on greaseproof paper, and repeat the procedure until all the donuts are cooked.

Video

Notes

Tip : You can measure whether the palm is warm enough by throwing in a small piece of French bread. If it turns golden, the palm is warm enough.