News — Kringel

February 24th is Estonian Independence day, known in Estonian as Vabariigi aastapäeva. Around this time of year I find myself indulging in all the Estonian foods I grew up with, one of my favourites being kringel. A kringel is a sweet yeast bread, flavoured with cardamom and raisins, it's traditionally braided and pretzel shaped and is sometimes filled with cream or marzipan. It is usually topped with sliced almonds, powdered sugar or icing. Many Scandinavian and Northern European countries have their own version of the recipe with similar names, in Danish and Norwegian kringle, Swedish and Icelandic kringla, in Latvian kliņģeris...