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Kavring
Sørlandet · Southern Coast

Kavring

Twice-baked cardamom rusks, crisp and lightly sweet — the coastal coffee companion that keeps for weeks.

2 hrModerate
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Cultural Context & History

Sailors needed bread that would not spoil, and the answer was kavring — sweet rolls dried slowly until crisp. Dunked in coffee, they carry the frugal ingenuity of the seafaring south.

Ingredients

  • 500 g wheat flour467 kcal · 6.7 g protein · 20 g fat · 66.7 g carbs per 100 g
  • 75 g butter714 kcal · 0 g protein · 78.6 g fat · 0 g carbs per 100 g
  • 300 ml milk55 kcal · 3.4 g protein · 2.1 g fat · 5.1 g carbs per 100 g
  • 1 packet dry yeast325 kcal · 40.4 g protein · 7.6 g fat · 41.2 g carbs per 100 g
  • 75 g sugar523 kcal · 10.3 g protein · 31 g fat · 50.5 g carbs per 100 g
  • 1 tsp ground cardamom0 kcal · 0 g protein · 0 g fat · 0 g carbs per 100 g
  • 1/2 tsp salt0 kcal · 0 g protein · 0 g fat · 1330 g carbs per 100 g

Per-100 g values shown for ingredients verified against Nutrition data: USDA FoodData Central (snapshot 2026-09-11). Ingredients not yet verified show no nutrition line.

Recommended Tools

  • Dough hook and mixerHandles the long knead this soft dough needs.
  • Serrated bread knifeHalves the warm rolls without crushing them.
  • Oven thermometerConfirms the gentle 100°C that dries without browning.

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Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Melt the butter, stir in the milk, and warm gently to 37°C — just blood temperature, no hotter, or the yeast will suffer.

  2. 2

    Knead the yeast, sugar, cardamom, salt and flour with the warm milk and butter for a full 10 minutes, until the dough is smooth and elastic. Cover and leave to rise for 45 minutes.

  3. 3

    Shape into 16 round rolls, set them on a lined tray, and prove for a further 30 minutes.

  4. 4

    Bake at 200°C for 15 minutes until pale gold, then slice each warm roll in half horizontally.

  5. 5

    Lay the halves cut-side up and dry in a low oven at 100°C, door left slightly ajar, for 2–3 hours until crisp and golden right through.

Chef's Tip

Wedge the oven door open with a wooden spoon while the halves dry — the escaping steam is what turns a soft roll into a rusk that snaps rather than bends.

Chef's Tip

Cool the halves completely before they go into the tin; any warmth trapped inside will steam and soften them again. Dried right through, kavring keeps crisp for weeks.

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