Cardamom Buns

Name: Cardamom Buns
Cuisine: Northern Europe
Ingredients: 25 g fresh yeast; 400 ml full-fat tepid milk (37°C/99°F); 650 g strong white flour; egg wash; 110 g butter, softened; 75 g dark brown sugar; 1 tablespoon ground cardamom; 75 g butter, cut into cubes and softened; 60 g caster sugar; ¾ tablespoon ground cardamom; ½ teaspoon salt; 100 g granulated sugar; 100 ml water; 50 g pearl sugar or Demerara sugar; 50 g pearl sugar or Demerara sugar; 3 teaspoons ground cardamom

Preparation info

Makes
18

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The New Ballymaloe Bread Book

By Darina Allen

Published 2023

About

We tested and retested this recipe until we were totally happy, and now these are totally irresistible. We freshly grind the whole green cardamom pods. Use the very best cardamom you can find. Put the whole green cardamom pods in a spice grinder and grind to a powder. No need to sieve out the husks, they are full of flavour.

Ingredients

25 g fresh yeast
400 ml full-fat tepid milk (37°C/99°F)
650

Europe
Ireland
Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Crumble the fresh yeast into the milk and set aside. After 4–5 minutes, it will have a creamy, slightly frothy appearance on top.

Put the flour, butter, sugar, ground cardamom and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook. Add the sponged yeast and mix until combined, then cover with a clean tea towel and rest for 30 minutes. Mix again for 10 minutes on a low speed un