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Tsoureki

Name: Tsoureki
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 4 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1 tbsp instant dry yeast; 2/3 cup warm milk; 1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp sugar; 7 tbsp melted butter; 4: 3 in dough 1 to brush egg; 1 1/2 tsp ground mahlab; Orange, zest of 1; Almonds, flaked, for top; 1/2 tsp salt

A braided Easter brioche scented with mahlab and orange. Tear it into soft, stringy strands.

240 minTime

8 gProtein each

mildSpice

Easter braid2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayBraided sweet bread with mahlab and orange.

The original

296kcalsame

8 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

240minutessame

Tsoureki, Greek Easter bread.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)4 cups

Instant dry yeast1 tbsp

Milk⅔ cup, warm

Sugar½ cup plus 2 tbsp

Butter7 tbsp, melted

Egg4: 3 in dough, 1 to brush

Mahlab1½ tsp ground

Orangezest of 1

Almondsflaked, for top

Salt½ tsp

Method

5 steps

1Mix flour, yeast, sugar, mahlab, zest and salt. Add milk, 3 eggs and butter. Knead 10 minutes until silky.
2Rise until doubled, about 2 hours.
3Divide into 3 ropes and braid.
4Rise 45 minutes, brush with egg and scatter almonds.
5Bake at 175°C for 35 minutes.

Serve it like this

Slice thick on a board, serve with butter, jam or simply with coffee.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Greece

Tsoureki

A braided Easter brioche scented with mahlab and orange. Tear it into soft, stringy strands.

240 minTime

8 gProtein each

mildSpice

Easter braid2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayBraided sweet bread with mahlab and orange.

The original

296kcalsame

8 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

240minutessame

Tsoureki, Greek Easter bread.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)4 cups

Instant dry yeast1 tbsp

Milk⅔ cup, warm

Sugar½ cup plus 2 tbsp

Butter7 tbsp, melted

Egg4: 3 in dough, 1 to brush

Mahlab1½ tsp ground

Orangezest of 1

Almondsflaked, for top

Salt½ tsp

Method

5 steps

1Mix flour, yeast, sugar, mahlab, zest and salt. Add milk, 3 eggs and butter. Knead 10 minutes until silky.
2Rise until doubled, about 2 hours.
3Divide into 3 ropes and braid.
4Rise 45 minutes, brush with egg and scatter almonds.
5Bake at 175°C for 35 minutes.

Serve it like this

Slice thick on a board, serve with butter, jam or simply with coffee.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Tsoureki

Make it your way

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Tsoureki

Make it your way

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