In fact I read in a newspaper today that some people begin eating these right in the beginning of January, in search of "the ultimate taste experience". I'm not so sure I believe them.
Miss J and I were early and had the ultimate taste experience yesterday.
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Apparently dry, these particular tarts were surprisingly luscious. In miss J's opinion, the hint of rum (or whatever) in the dough was perhaps not so much a culinary asset as a refined addition to an otherwise rather a common pastry. I prefer my tarts without it.
That bit of icing and jelly on top looks YUM!
oh my they look delicious! what are they made frome?
oops that was meant to say 'from'... too early on a monday morning for me :)
Kristy, here's a recipe I found! :)
http://www.finnguide.fi/finnishrecipes/recipe.asp?c=6&t=&p=148
...and I can't help snickering everytime someone talks about Runeberg's tarts... Our national poet isn't a character one would associate with the other kind of tarts. I know my sense of humour is terrible, sorry...
Actually, he did have a forbidden relationship with a young poetess Emilie Björkstén after he had married Fredrika... A film has been made of their story, and it roused a lot of controversy in its time because of the shadow it cast on Runeberg.
(I know about this because Ansa Ikonen played Emilie, and I read a lot about the film last autumn :)
But would you call poor ms Björkstén a tart?
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