Lucia Festival
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Today the Swedes celebrate the feast of Saint Lucia.
On December 13th, the girls wear white robes and burning candles.
The eldest daughter dresses up as “Lucia”.
She wears a red bow around her stomach over her white dress. She balances a wreath with burning candles on her head.
Saint Lucia, so the story goes, helped poor, needy people. She provided them with food.
Lucia wore a wreath of lights on her head to illuminate the
To have your hands free.
Today, at the Lucia Festival, people eat "Lussekatter", a traditional saffron pastry. Lucia songs are sung and a local Lucia is chosen.
A Lussekatter tastes delicious and is quick and easy to prepare:
50g butter
5 dl lukewarm milk
30 g yeast
300 g flour
1 tsp salt
50 g sugar
1 egg
1 pinch of saffron
1 egg yolk
Raisins
Mix the butter in the lukewarm milk. Dissolve the yeast in it. Add the remaining ingredients and knead into a smooth dough. Let the dough rest and rise until it doubles in size. Divide the dough into 24 pieces and form Lussekatter. Brush with egg yolk and bake at 250° for 15 minutes.
Form Lussekatter: cross two inverted "S"s, twist the ends and decorate with raisins.
Tasty meal!