Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, tsourekia. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Generously butter a large bowl; set aside. Return mixer bowl to stand and attach dough hook. You can purchase mastic and mahlepi at Greek grocers or online. This is a traditional Easter bread served in Greece to break the Lenten fast.
Tsourekia is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Tsourekia is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook tsourekia using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Tsourekia:
- Make ready 10 eggs
- Make ready 90 g fresh yeast
- Take 2 envelopes maxlepi
- Get 2.3 /4 cups sugar
- Make ready 1.1 /4 cup vegetable oil
- Prepare 1 orange peel and juice
- Prepare 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Make ready 2 cups warm milk
- Make ready 3 teaspoons vanilla
- Take 3 teaspoons nutmeg
- Prepare 2.1 /2 kilos self raising flour
- Get Sesame, Flaked almonds
- Prepare 1-2 egg yolks extra for brushing
Tsoureki is a favorite Easter bread for Greek and non-Greek people alike; try this recipe for a unique holiday bread. This traditional Greek Easter bread, with its ornamental red eggs, is a sweet and delicious treat that will truly be the centerpiece of the table. Like most yeast breads, tsourekia require two risings, so, although the active time you need to invest is significant, you also have to factor in the waiting around time you need for the yeast to do its thing. Lay three strips side by side, pinching together at one end, and braid.
Steps to make Tsourekia:
- Mix the yeast with 1 glass warm water and 1.1/2 cups from the flour to paste set aside to rise
- Get ready everything else in a big bowl, add the risen yeast kneading until you have a soft dough, cover and let it rise double the size 2-2.1/2 hours.
- Then we make pleats long or round and let rise again,
- Brush with beaten egg yolk with few drops of water and vanilla scatter few almonds and sesame bake in preheated oven 180C, for 30 minutes, if they get dark cover with baking paper until a toothpick comes clean. Effie xx
Like most yeast breads, tsourekia require two risings, so, although the active time you need to invest is significant, you also have to factor in the waiting around time you need for the yeast to do its thing. Lay three strips side by side, pinching together at one end, and braid. Tsoureki is the traditional Greek Easter bread that's a deliciously soft, gently sweet yeast bread similar to brioche or challah but with it's own distinctive flavor. It's wonderful enjoyed on it's own when fresh and makes fantastic French toast if you have any leftovers. Glaze the top of the tsourekia with the beaten egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds or slithered almonds.
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