Kulich Bread
Kulich is the sweet version of the savoury
Easter Cheese Bread . As you probably will have guessed, it is an enriched bread eaten between Easter and Pentecost. Baked in a long vertical mould, it is traditional in countries such as Romania, Russia, and Ukraine.
Preparation Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Makes: 1 loaf
Ingredients
2 eggs
500g white bread flour
½ tsp salt
20g Truvia sweetener (or 75g caster sugar)
1 tbsp fast action yeast
1 tsp vanilla extract
75g margarine
1 orange
1 lemon
100ml almond milk
75g flaked almonds
100g raisins
100g icing sugar
Method
Mix together the flour, salt, yeast, sweetener/sugar, sultanas, and almonds together.
Zest and juice the lemon and orange, and add the zest to the mixture.
Rub in the margarine and eggs.
Put a tablespoon fruit juice to one side, and then mix the rest with the milk and vanilla extract.
Gradually add the liquid to the mixture to form a dough (you might not need it all).
Knead the dough for ten minutes and then leave to prove for about an hour.
Pre-heat the oven to 200 & #3872 ;C/ 180 & #3872 ;C fan/400 & #3872 ;F/6 Gas.
Put the dough in a flower pot and bake in the oven.
Mix together the icing sugar with the remaining fruit juice to form a runny icing, and drizzle over the bread.
Categories
#bread
#holiday
#easter
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