Limpa
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Limpa - the traditional Swedish Rye Bread
This is a bread I grew up loving. It was usually fresh baked at Grandma's house and the heavenly scent filled the house. We always got to eat some fresh from the oven with fresh pure butter melting into it. The round loaves sometimes had the sweet tidbits of dried candied orange peel and sometimes the tangy taste of fennel seed. (My favorite was plain with neither and that is the way I usually bake it today.) Other times on an afternoon, I remember Daddy stopping work on the farm for a cup of coffee and Limpa with butter and a nice slice of cheddar cheese.
Everyone has their own ideas how Limpa should be made.
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- Cooks.com
- I have found this site is fantastic for recipes of all types. It provides a very authentic limpa recipe with the common variation - with either fennel seeds, plain, or with candied orange peel.
- Kitchen Parade
- This site gives a good desciption of making Limpa and shares a few of the mishaps along the way.
Limpa
In memory of Emilia Samuelson - my Grandma
Ingredients:1 pkg. yeast dissolved in 1/2 c. warm water
1 lg. tbsp. lard
1 tbsp. salt - optional
3/4 c. Brer Rabbit molasses
1 c. brown sugar
1 quart hot (but not boiling) water or milk
1 tbsp. candied orange peel - finely chopped - optional
2 c. ry flour
8-9 c. wheat flour
Mix when the liquid has cooled to luke warm, add yeast, molasses, sugar, salt, lard, and 7 cups of flour (2 rye & 5 wheat). Mix, cover, and let rise until double in bulk. Add 1 cup flour and work down. Let rise again. Tip out onto a floured board or counter. Knead about 20 turns. Work into 4 round loaves; let rise again. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until when thumped on bottom it sounds hollow.
Time to get it scheduled - make it before Thanksgiving.
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KathleenH
Oct 16, 2008 @ 5:41 am | delete
- This is a great lens, thank you ebay-grandma! I'd love you to add this (and your other fabulous bread lenses) to the new Bread Group - http://www.squidoo.com/groups/bread. Thanks for considering it!
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Jerry B Samuelson
Sep 12, 2008 @ 11:41 am | delete
- How Much Limpa do you have made? sounds good right now with jam or Butter and Cheese.
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The_Homeopath
Jul 25, 2008 @ 1:06 pm | delete
- This looks delicious. Rye bread was always a holiday tradition in my family.
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Christopher_Scott
Jul 24, 2008 @ 12:48 pm | delete
- Great lens for the Bake Sale!
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The Very Authentic Limpa is Found in Sweden
Now if you can't find it here in the USA -- maybe a trip across the pond is in order.
by ebay-grandma
ebay-grandma
Hello friends. I grew up in a Swedish Community where a staple was Limpa - Swedish Rye Bread. This is a memory from childhood.
I guess drinking coffee...
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