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Kardemommesnurre is a coiled Nordic bun: enriched butter dough rolled with crushed cardamom-and-butter filling, twisted into a knot, brushed with egg and baked to a deep mahogany.
Cardamom buns took hold in Danish bakeries in the 19th century via the trade routes that brought Indian cardamom to Scandinavia through the Danish East India Company. The modern revival is owed to Emil Glaser at Juno the Bakery (opened 2017 in Østerbro), whose intensely cardamom-perfumed knot bun became a Copenhagen ritual queue and reset the city's expectations. Hart Bageri (Richard Hart, mentored by Tartine's Chad Robertson) joined the wave from 2018 with a darker-baked version. Andersen & Maillard runs an espresso-paired version at their Nørrebro and Nordhavn counters.
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Juno the Bakery on Århusgade in Østerbro from former noma cook Emil Glaser bakes the cardamom bun that anchors the modern Copenhagen pastry conversation.
TipOpen Wednesday to Sunday only. Arrive by 09:30 for the cardamom bun or expect the 60-deep weekend queue.
Hart Bageri on Gammel Kongevej in Frederiksberg was opened by former Tartine head baker Richard Hart and now runs ten locations across greater Copenhagen.
TipArrive by 09:00 weekends for the cardamom buns and tebirkes; sourdough loaves restock through the morning.
Andersen & Maillard on Nørrebrogade in Nørrebro is the city's pioneering bakery-roastery hybrid, opened in 2018 by former noma pastry chef Milton Abel.
TipOrder the cardamom kouign-amann with the house filter coffee. The bench by the window is the prime perch.
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