How to Make Pulla (Finnish Cardamom Bread) | Cooking Finnish with Miriam
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- čas přidán 24. 06. 2022
- Thank you for watching my video! I'm Miriam Suomala Ylineimi, and I'm excited to teach you how to cook Pulla, a Finnish coffee bread today! Pulla goes by many different names, including Pullaa, nisu, or vehnänen. Additionally, it is not restricted to only the long braided cardamom bread, but can also be any many different shapes and sizes.
In my grandparents day, you just didn’t have a meal in Finland without having bread on the table; however most of the bread was dark and made from rye, barley, or oats because of the cold climate and short growing season. Because of that, any wheat to make a white bread had to be imported, and was very expensive and saved only for holidays, when it would be used for sweet breads such as pulla. In fact, in some parts of the country, nisu actually means wheat!
Ingredients (Dough):
2 Packages of Instant Dry Yeast (14 grams)
2.5 Cups Warm Milk (110 - 115 degrees)
2 Eggs
1 Cup Sugar
1.5 - 2 Teaspoons Salt
2 - 3 Teaspoons Crushed Cardamom
7 - 8 Cups Flour (Regular or Bread Flour will work)
1 Stick (1/2 cup) Softened Butter
Glaze:
1 Beaten Egg
Crushed Sugar
In a large bowl, combine two packages of Instant Dry Yeast into milk that has been warmed to about 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Stir in two eggs, sugar, salt, and cardamom, mixing well. Add about 3 cups of flour, until the mixture becomes a batter, smooth and glossy. Continue to mix, adding the rest of the flour, one cup at a time until a dough forms. The amount of dough you use will vary, but you want your finished dough to be stiff but not dry. Work in the half cup of soft butter, until you no longer have any chunks of butter in your dough. Once you have worked it in, put the dough into a bowl that has been greased (I like to use the butter wrapper to save waste) and place in a warm area to rise of about an hour, or until doubled in size. Once the dough has finished rising, remove from the bowl, and divide into four equal parts, and then divide each part into three strips, about 14 to 16 inches each. Braid the three strips together to create a straight braided loaf, and seal off the ends. Lift the bread onto a heavy and lightly greased baking sheet, or use parchment paper to prevent sticking. Let the dough rise again, for about 20 to 30 minutes so it is puffy, but not doubled in size. At this point, brush the dough with beaten egg, and sprinkle with the crushed sugar. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 20 to 25 minutes, or until a beautiful golden brown. You should check frequently as it is important to not over-bake. Let the pulla cool, and then serve it with coffee and butter!
Some tips for making pulla:
All the ingredients should be room temperature, or slightly warmer, around 110 degrees for best results, including the yeast and eggs.
There are many different types of cardamom you can buy, and most will work. I have used the crushed type you get at Wal-Mart or your local grocery store before, and it works well, but the best kind is the tubes I showed in the video, with about a medium coarseness. You can buy these online or at some stores, and I find they store very well in the freezer.
When adding the crushed sugar, the type of crushed sugar I used in the video is preferred, which you can buy from most bakery shops or I’m sure online as well.
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My Finnish mother made pulla for us and it was a favorite. She passed away at 94 recently and I think I will make a batch and eat the entire thing! Thank you. Hei Hei!
I learned things! Grandma was the first of my family born in the USA. I love pulla and my son posted this on facebook for everyone, lucky for me as I have been craving to make pulla!
Thank you for this video. My daughter and I are going to make pulla in honour of my Mummo Eila. Kittos Miriam! Please can you make more videos on Finnish recipes 🙏
Mumma and Mom are making Pulla today and I am so excited
I am making this my first time. Mom and dad spoke Finnish but we children of theirs never learned to speak. We were not exposed to Finnish cooking except maito keitto which was bread boiled in milk so milk soup but with soggy disgusting bread and mom sold it as Finnish food. We never had cardamom bread at home. This year my sister and I are learning this part of our heritage.
Greetings from a Juntunen in Finland! I hope you enjoy pulla and any other Finnish foods you decide to try :)
Some of my father's uncles or great uncles emigrated to the US but contacts couldn't be kept back then of course, so our family's never really known what became of them
I miss my mothers Pulla. So I will give this a go.
You will have to let me know how it turns out!
Tomorrow my Niece (Miriam) and I will try to make some by your recipie. My Mother made Cardamon bread almost year round. We called it Bulla. We can call it Pulla too. ❤
Thank you! My mother and grandma made this all the time when I was growing up. There really is no sweet bread with the unique taste of pulla.
Kiitos paljon Miriam. I love pulla and it is part of my mother's heritage, she was born in Finland. It is so difficult for me to travel at the moment I will definitely make some of this.
Thank you! I made this today for my Finnish husband and his mother. It was wonderfully delicious! I would love a video on Rieska bread, should you feel so led.
Thank you so much for this video.
My grandmother came from Finland when she was 11 and I’ve always wanted to learn more about the culture. I’d love to see more of your videos ❤️
I am glad you enjoyed the video :) perhaps there will be more videos coming
Hello! I am from Bolivia, and I greatly admire the culture of Finland, from the classical musicians, the art to the beautiful gastronomy. Unfortunately, there aren't many of the ingredients they have here, but I try to get them. Fortunately this weekend I got cardamom seeds (which I will keep as a treasure) and I was able to follow Pulla's recipe :D There are some variations but what better than to follow your recipe, with so much experience and authentic from Finland? I thank you very much and I hope you can continue uploading videos, please. A thousand thanks and fraternal greetings from Bolivia in South America.
You could research if there are any edible plants which grow in Bolivia that have seeds that taste similar to cardamom. I came across a video recently with a plant whose seeds apparently taste like cardamom.
Thank you for making this video!! I miss my Grandmas Pulla so much I've been looking for a recipe
Thank you enjoyed your video. Cardamom seeds are so good.
Thank you for your kind words! Cardamom seeds have such a beautiful fragrance!
Thank you
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Gracias por el comentario apreciado, estoy bien Feliz que te gusto el video y que lo vas a intentar , si lo Intentas me gustaria saber el resultado!
Amazing! Definately going to cook this!
Please do! It is such a wonderful snack!
Kiitos
ole hyvä !
How much is one cup of flour in grams? And milk in ml? I ask because some people use American cups and some uk cups and sources are controversial
If I don't have the mixing machine, will I get the same result by mixing everything with my hands?
Yes, most of my life I have kneaded it by hand. It is the traditional way.
No butter?