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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. Politiko tsoureki is a slightly dense and chewy sweet bread with a beautiful brown semi-soft crust.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook 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:
- Take 600 g all purpose flour
- Get 150 g whole wheat flour
- Make ready 200 g sugar
- Take 1 1/2 tsp ground mahleb
- Take 1/2 tsp ground mastic
- Prepare As needed zest of an orange
- Take 35 g fresh yeast (or 10g dry)
- Take 1 tbsp sugar, for the yeast
- Prepare 360 ml warm water
- Get 50 ml olive oil
- Prepare 180 g black Corinthian currants
- Make ready as needed some olive oil for shaping
Make easily this delicious recipe for a traditional sweet bread, perfect during Lent! Recipe Category / Breads and Pastries. Greek Lenten sweet bread - Tsoureki. Mahlab is a spice made from ground cherry stones and, along with piney gum mastic, gives this Greek Easter bread its distinctive flavour.
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!
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