A day off

Hello dears,

I had a day off today. In the morning I had dentist, which wasn't as bad as usually. Anyhow, since I had rest of the day off I wanted to do something. I decided to go in Nuuksio. You might remember that I wanted to go there again in autumn. I was a bit upset coz I didn't saw much autumn colors in Nuuksio. It was the one of the reasons why I went there today: to take photos of Finnish nature. Another reason was siberian flying squirrel reflector. It really looks like a squirrel hit by a car. Or what do you think?
 
 

I started my hiking tour from Haltia where I bought the reflector, I also took a couple maps so I wouldn't get lost in the forest. The route that I took this time was a new one to me. I was suprised how hilly it was. There was one moment when I felt like dying...it was really hard to get up the stairs.

My goal was to walk from Haltia to Haukkalampi and back to Haltia.

 

 

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When I reached Haukkalampi I took a few photos there and then walked back to Haltia.

 

 

 

It enjoyed a lot my walk in Nuuksio. I'm sure I will sleep well at night. Hopefully I won't fall asleep before Champions League match starts. Arsenal plays against Bayern München. When it is possible to see Bayern München playing in Finnish TV I won't miss my chance to watch the match.

Till next time!



 

 

 

 

 

 

 





The evening with the eagle owls

Hello dears,

Yesterday I went to see a football (soccer) match with my friend in Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Huuhkajat (the eagle owls, also know Finland's national football team). It was such a dull match. Most of time I was freezing in cold stadium and hoping to have a cup of Irish Coffee.
 
The match was part of Euro 2016 qualification. Unfortnally Finland didn't maked to the Euro 2016 this time. Actually, Finland has sad history with championships. Once I heard a joke that Finland gets to the world cup when hell freezes over, the same year Finland will also win Brazil 7-1.

Anyway, back to the yesterdays match. Finland played against Northern Ireland.  The biggest excitement was when Paulus Arajuuri made a 1-1 goal on 87 minute. It's a shame that Finland lost their match against Romania. Yesterdays match would have been different if Finland would have won it. But no, their played 1-1 match which meant that Finland lost their chance to be a part of Euro 2016.

 But hey, good thing that there's always Germany. There people actually know how to kick the ball and what's more important, how to make a goal and keep the ball away the own goal. I know who I will support next summer when I will dedicate a month for football.

Here is a few photos from the match.

Till next time!

Happy cinnamon roll day!

Hello dears!

Today is cinnamon roll day. (in Finnish korvapuustipäivä) So I decided to make cinnamon rolls (korvapuusti). My version of cinnamon rolls is a Finnish one. This is how we made cinnamon rolls in Finland. I hope you will like them :)

Ingredients

25 g yeast

75 g butter or 75 g margarine

300 ml milk

¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt

50 ml sugar

³⁄₄ teaspoon ground cardamom

750 ml all-purpose flour

 

Filling

100 g butter or 100 g margarine, room temperature

100 ml sugar

2 teaspoons cinnamon

For Brushing

1 egg, beaten for brushing

 

Then let's get started. This is what you need to do:

 

Crumble yeast into a bowl.
Melt butter, add milk and gently heat the mixture to 37°C.
Pour over yeast and mix until yeast has dissolved.
Add salt, sugar, cardamom and stir; add about 200 ml of the flour and stir.
Add the rest of the flour and knead dough by hand until smooth and elastic, and it no longer sticks to the bowl (this shouldn't take long) nor to your hand (which takes a bit longer).
Mix the filling ingredients together.
Lightly flour the baking board and turn the dough on it.
Roll dough out to a 40 x 60 cm square.
Spread the filling on the dough and roll it up tightly, starting from the longer side of the square.
Cut the roll in 3-4 cm pieces.
Use a finger or a spoon to press down each tip to form ear-shaped rolls.
Place rolls on a parchmented baking sheet, cover and let rise for 30 minutes.
Brush the rolls with beaten egg.
Bake at 225 C for about 10 minutes.

Enjoy!

If you gonna make Finnish cinnamon rolls let me know did you liked it :)

Till next time!