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New ZealandFlavors · Austrália Meridional
Sweet yeasted dough, fried, split on the side and filled with raspberry or strawberry jam and whipped cream, with sugar on the outside. In South Australia it was called a Berliner until World War I, when it acquired the name of the British marshal Lord Kitchener.
Traditional sweet from Austrália Meridional
Also known as: Kitchener buns
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Kitchener bun — Austrália Meridional, Australia
The Kitchener bun is a sweet yeasted bread, fried until golden and coated in sugar. Once cooled, it is split with a side cut and filled with raspberry or strawberry jam and whipped cream, which peeks out of the opening. It is one of the classic items in South Australian bakeries.
The treat descends from the Berliner, the German doughnut, and tradition links it to German immigrants, many of them Lutheran, who settled in the state in the 19th century. During World War I, anti-German sentiment led to name changes in South Australia: a 1917 law renamed places with German names, and the Berliner in bakeries became known as the Kitchener bun, in honour of Lord Kitchener, the British Secretary of State for War, who died in 1916. Many places restored their German names in the 1930s, but the pastry kept its new name.
The pastry remains in bakery display cases across the state and has its own category, with an annual prize, at the South Australian Baking Show, the state’s baking exhibition. The state government presents it as a uniquely South Australian sweet.
Sweet yeasted dough, fried and coated in sugar; filled with raspberry or strawberry jam and whipped cream.
By hand, preferably the same day while the cream is fresh. Pairs with coffee or tea for a morning or afternoon snack.
Year-round, at bakeries.
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A fried sweet bread made from yeasted dough, split on the side and filled with jam and whipped cream, with sugar on the outside. It is typical of South Australian bakeries.
Until World War I the pastry was called a Berliner. With anti-German sentiment during the war, it adopted the name of Lord Kitchener, the British Secretary of State for War, who died in 1916.
Both are fried yeasted pastries. The Berliner is usually closed, with the filling inside; the Kitchener bun is split on the side and contains more cream than jam.
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