jamie oliver's sexy swedish buns or how i made a mess :)

when i saw jamie oliver preparing these buns i wanted to try to make them immediately. it took me a while to really decide to prepare them. i followed the recipe he shared in his show (the one on his page is slightly different in the amounts he uses). they turned out just perfect :)

for the dough i used:

370 ml lukewarm milk
7 g active dry yeast
2 eggs
a pinch of salt
1 teaspoon of cardamom
200 g white sugar
50 g melted unsalted butter
750 g all purpose flour

for the filling i used:

375 g blueberries
75 g white sugar
1 orange

20 g unsalted butter and brown sugar  for dusting the cookie sheet




as a first step, i mixed the dry yeast with the lukewarm milk and left it on a warm place.

i took two eggs and whisked them with a pinch of salt (i was using a regular fork like jamie when preparing the buns).






when the eggs got well mixed, i added 200 g of sugar and cardamom.

then i took the melted butter...







and poured it in the mixture.

i whisked it and finally it was the time to mix in the milk with the yeast.






now it was the time for the flour - not all together though...first i stirred in 500 g...






then the remaining 250 g (at this point, to mix the dough well i stopped using the fork and used my hand instead).





i left the dough to double its size in a warm place for an hour.






meanwhile i mixed the blueberries with 75 g of sugar, orange zest and juice from a half of an orange.






and prepared the baking sheet (i put on a baking paper, pieces of butter and sprinkled it with dark sugar).






after an hour, the dough was ready.








i created a rectangle...






...spooned on the blueberries...








and folded them in.

now it started to get really messy. i parted the dough in two...






and using the knife i cut each part in four.








i took a piece and stretched it like this...









...rolled it...

and placed on the baking sheet. i left the buns to rest for another 30 minutes and just before putting in the oven i sprinkled them with some orange zest and sugar.






they were done in 20 to 25 minutes at a temperature of 190 °C.