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An easy to follow recipe for sweet currant buns that can be eaten every day, especially during Lent. Whole wheat flour makes them more nutritious but of. In this video, I'm going to show you how to make braided buns, based on the traditional recipe for the Easter sweet bread, that we call "tsoureki".
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have lenten currant buns with tsoureki flavor using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Lenten Currant Buns with Tsoureki Flavor:
- Make ready 600 g all purpose flour
- Make ready 150 g whole wheat flour
- Get 200 g sugar
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp ground mahleb
- Make ready 1/2 tsp ground mastic
- Make ready As needed zest of an orange
- Prepare 35 g fresh yeast (or 10g dry)
- Make ready 1 tbsp sugar, for the yeast
- Take 360 ml warm water
- Take 50 ml olive oil
- Take 180 g black Corinthian currants
- Make ready as needed some olive oil for shaping
The traditional flavoring for the bread is a spice called mahlep. In a pinch you can substitute vanilla, but the mahlep is worth finding. See more ideas about Easter recipes, Food recipes and Greek easter bread. With its familiar comforting flavor, golden interior, and fine, tender crumb, it's wonderful fresh but also ideal for toast, sandwiches, and French toast.
Instructions to make Lenten Currant Buns with Tsoureki Flavor:
- Start by mixing yeast with 1tbsp sugar and some of the warm water. Stir well.
- In the bowl of your mixer pour the remaining water and the olive oil. Add the 200g sugar and blend for 2 min.
- Add the yeast mixture, the orange zest, mastic, mahleb & the whole wheat flour. Mix until incorporated.
- Scrape the sides of your bowl and mix in 2 spoonfuls of the all purpose flour.
- Add the currants and mix for 1 min. Gradually add the remaining flour. Knead on low speed for 6 to 8 min until you have a smooth and a bit tight dough.
- Take the dough out onto a lightly oiled surface. Shape into a ball and put it in a greased bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let it rise for 1hr in a warm spot.
- Deflate the dough. Weigh and cut it into 12 equal pieces. Smooth each piece under your palm and shape into buns. Arrange on a pepper lined baking tray.
- Bake in a preheated oven, at 180⁰C / 350 ⁰F for 20 to 22 min, until they’ re golden brown. Enjoy!
Tsoureki is a traditional Greek Bread served at the Easter meal flavored with overtones of orange and anise. It's shaped into a twisted wreath or a braid and has red colored hard boiled eggs tucked into pockets formed between the twists. Although the traditional color for the eggs is red, pastel hues of. Nothing like a Currant Buns with Cream to brghten up your day. Tsoureki (Greek: τσουρέκι) also known as شوريك (Arabic), choreg or "chorek" (Armenian չորեկ), çörək (Azerbaijani), kozunak (Bulgarian козунак), cozonac (Romanian) or paskalya çöreği (Turkish) is a sweet holiday bread made with flour, milk, butter and sugar and commonly seasoned with orange zest.
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