Recipes · Icelandic · Bread
Laufabrauð (Icelandic Leaf Bread)
One serving has 344 kcal and 6 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of thiamin (40%), selenium (35%), riboflavin (28%), folate (25%), niacin (23%) and manganese (21%). Ready in 33 minutes.
- Preparation: 30 min
- Cooking: 3 min
- Makes: 1 serving (92.5 g)
- Difficulty: Hard
- Diets: Vegetarian
- Contains: dairy, gluten
Ingredients
- 55 g Flour, all-purpose
- 2 g Sugar
- 0.5 g Salt
- 20 g Milk, whole
- 5 g Butter, unsalted
- 10 g Vegetable oil
Method
- Warm the milk and melted butter together until lukewarm, then work into the flour, sugar and salt to make a firm, smooth dough. This makes 1 portion (2-3 rounds); multiply by 8 for a full holiday batch.
- Rest the dough for 20 minutes, then roll it out as thinly as possible and cut into rounds about 12-15 cm across.
- Using a sharp small knife or a special leaf-bread cutter, score each round with a fine, symmetrical leaf or geometric pattern, cutting most of the way through.
- Heat plenty of oil in a deep pan to 190 °C (375 °F) and fry each round for 30-45 seconds per side until pale golden and crisp, gently pulling the cut pattern open with a fork as it fries; only a little oil is actually absorbed.
- Drain on paper towels and cool; laufabrauð is served alongside hangikjöt and other Christmas dishes, and keeps well in a tin.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 344 kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 44.9 g | |
| Water | 25 mL | |
| Fiber | 1.5 g | 5% |
| Protein | 6.3 g | 13% |
| Tryptophan | 0.08 g | |
| Threonine | 0.18 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.23 g | |
| Leucine | 0.45 g | |
| Lysine | 0.18 g | |
| Methionine | 0.12 g | |
| Cystine | 0.12 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.32 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.21 g | |
| Valine | 0.27 g | |
| Histidine | 0.15 g | |
| Fat | 15.2 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 3.6 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 6.2 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 5.4 g | |
| Saturated | 4.5 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.07 g | |
| Cholesterol | 12.8 mg | |
| Calcium | 32.2 mg | 3% |
| Copper | 0.09 mg | 10% |
| Iron | 2.6 mg | 14% |
| Magnesium | 14.2 mg | 5% |
| Manganese | 0.38 mg | 21% |
| Phosphorus | 77.4 mg | 11% |
| Potassium | 86.5 mg | 2% |
| Selenium | 19.4 µg | 35% |
| Sodium | 204 mg | |
| Zinc | 0.46 mg | 6% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.44 mg | 40% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.31 mg | 28% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 3.3 mg | 23% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 0.32 mg | 6% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.03 mg | 2% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 102 µg | 25% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.1 µg | 4% |
| Choline | 3.8 mg | 1% |
| Vitamin A | 43.4 µg | 6% |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg | 0% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 10.2 IU | 2% |
| Vitamin E | 1.1 mg | 7% |
| Vitamin K | 19 µg | 21% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.2 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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