Mämmi: Difference between revisions

Mämmi is traditionally made of water, [[rye]] flour, and powdered [[malted]] rye, seasoned salt, and dried powdered [[Seville orange]] [[Zest (ingredient)|zest]]. The mixture is then left to go sweeten naturally before being baked in an oven until set by the [[Maillard reaction]]. After baking, the mämmi is chilled for three to four days before being ready to eat.<ref>Nordic Recipe Archive [http://www.dlc.fi/~marianna/gourmet/mammi.htm "Mämmi "]</ref> Unlike traditional mämmi, which is left to sweeten naturally, commercially made mämmi is usually seasoned with dark [[molasses]]. Traditional mämmi has an aromatic and sweet flavour, consisting of just 2% sugar or less, whereas commercially produced mämmi can contain as much as 20% sugar and therefore is much different in flavour. Mämmi has up to 10% protein and is rich in trace elements.{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}} Traditionally, mämmi was stored in small bowls made of [[birch bark]] called ''tuokkonen'' or ''rove'', the appearance of which is now mimicked by commercial packaging.

GenerallyTypically, mämmi is eaten cold with either milk or cream and sugar, and less commonly with vanilla sauce. In olden times{{When|date=November 2016}}Traditionally, it was also eaten byon somesliced spreadbread on top ofas a slice of breadspread.{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}} There is a Finnish society for mämmi<ref>The Finnish Mämmi Association [http://www.kolumbus.fi/ahmed.ladarsi/index.html "Suomen Mämmiseura ry"]</ref> founded by Ahmed Ladarsi, the former chef at the Italian Embassy in Helsinki, who has developed around fifty recipes containing mämmi.<ref>Helsinki Sanomat, 16.3.2005 [http://www.hs.fi/english/article/M%C3%A4mmi+Maestro+Ahmed+Ladarsi+is+an+expert+on+a+Finnish+delicacy/1101978893004 "Mämmi Maestro. Ahmed Ladarsi is an expert on a Finnish delicacy"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811002324/http://www.hs.fi/english/article/M%C3%A4mmi+Maestro+Ahmed+Ladarsi+is+an+expert+on+a+Finnish+delicacy/1101978893004 |date=2011-08-11 }}</ref> There are a number of websites with recipes using mämmi, most of which are in Finnish.<ref>Suomen Mämmiseura ry [http://www.kolumbus.fi/ahmed.ladarsi/reseptit.html "Mämmi Recipes"]</ref> Mämmi is also used as a minor ingredient in a mämmi-beer by [[Laitilan Wirvoitusjuomatehdas]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://laitilan.com/tuotteet/Kievari+M%25C3%25A4mmi+Stout/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601213816/http://laitilan.com/tuotteet/Kievari+M%25C3%25A4mmi+Stout/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-06-01|title=Tervetuloa - Laitilan Wirvoitusjuomatehdas|last=www.imaginer.fi|first=Imaginer Oy -|website=laitilan.com|access-date=2016-05-03}}</ref>