Remonce is a cake-filling paste used in various traditional
Danish pastries
A Danish pastry ( da, wienerbrød ) sometimes shortened to just Danish, especially in American English) is a multilayered, laminated sweet pastry in the ''viennoiserie'' tradition. The concept was brought to Denmark by Austrian bakers, where the r ...
. It is made by creaming softened
butter with
sugar
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, and is sometimes flavoured with
cinnamon
Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus ''Cinnamomum''. Cinnamon is used mainly as an aromatic condiment and flavouring additive in a wide variety of cuisines, sweet and savoury dishes, breakfa ...
(e.g. in
cinnamon snail
A cinnamon roll (also known as cinnamon bun, cinnamon swirl, cinnamon Danish and cinnamon snail) is a sweet roll commonly served in Northern Europe (mainly in Nordic countries, but also in Austria and Germany) and North America. In Sweden it is ...
s),
cardamom,
custard
Custard is a variety of culinary preparations based on sweetened milk, cheese, or cream cooked with egg or egg yolk to thicken it, and sometimes also flour, corn starch, or gelatin. Depending on the recipe, custard may vary in consistency fro ...
,
marzipan
Marzipan is a confectionery, confection consisting primarily of sugar, honey, and almond meal (ground almonds), sometimes augmented with almond oil or extract.
It is often made into Confectionery, sweets; common uses are chocolate-covered marzi ...
, or
almond paste. Remonce is always baked along with the pastry.
Remonce is a Danish word and invention. In the English language it has been referred to as "Lord Mayor filling".
See also
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List of pastries
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List of butter dishes
References
External links
* Kvali Mad (Max)
Remonce filling - Lord Mayor filling - for danish pastry, "brunsviger", cinnamon buns etc. Various recipes, discussion and instructional Video. A private non-profit homepage from Denmark.
Danish pastries
Spreads (food)
Foods featuring butter
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