Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, tsourekia. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Tsourekia is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Tsourekia is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
Brush over tsoureki loaves and sprinkle with slivered almonds. If you haven't tried tsoureki (Greek Easter bread) before, then you are certainly missing out! Soft, fluffy, with a beautiful brown semi-soft crust and an amazing stringy texture.
To get started with this recipe, we must 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
- Prepare 2.3 /4 cups sugar
- Make ready 1.1 /4 cup vegetable oil
- Take 1 orange peel and juice
- Make ready 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Take 2 cups warm milk
- Prepare 3 teaspoons vanilla
- Get 3 teaspoons nutmeg
- Take 2.1 /2 kilos self raising flour
- Make ready Sesame, Flaked almonds
- Make ready 1-2 egg yolks extra for brushing
But good looks aren't even this loaf's. Mahlab is a spice made from ground cherry stones and, along with piney gum mastic, gives this tsoureki its distinctive flavour. Tsoureki is the traditional bread of Greek Easter. See more ideas about Easter recipes, Food recipes and Greek easter bread.
Instructions 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
Tsoureki, a sweet yeast bread made of eggs, milk, and butter, is a staple during Greek Easter. The three-strand braid symbolizes the Holy Trinity, while the red-dyed hard-boiled. I adapted the recipe for this lovely Greek Easter bread, Tsoureki, from Anissa Helou's wonderful book, Savory Baking from the Mediterranean. Tsoureki is a Greek brioche like bread that is commonly served for major holidays including Easter. I have been seeing tsoureki pop up around the food blogging sphere.
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