Bolludagur Buns Icelandic Cream Filled Buns

These fabulous cream-filled buns are served in iceland on bolludagur - buns day - the monday preceding ash wednesday. Posted for zwt 6 - scandanavia.

Preheat oven to 375f.

In a large saucepan over a medium-high burner , stir together water , butter , salt and sugar until butter is melted.

Add flour and beat quickly until mixture thickens and pulls away from the side of the pan.

Remove pan from heat.

Vigorously whisk in one egg at a time until batter is the consistency of thick pudding.

Drop heaping tablespoons of the batter on a parchment-lined or lightly greased baking sheet.

Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes , until golden brown.

Transfer buns to racks to cool.

Whip together the cream and vanilla sugar until stiff peaks form.

When buns have cooled , slice each one in half and spread lower half with raspberry jam.

Top with a dollop of whipped cream , place the remaining half on top , and ice with melted chocolate.

Yield: 20 bolludagur buns.

water, butter, salt, sugar, flour, eggs, whipping cream, vanilla sugar, raspberry jam, dipping chocolate