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It is customary to make christopsomo (Greek Christmas decorative bread, the so called "bread of Christ") a couple of days before Christmas. The top is decorated with a cross, shelled walnuts, almonds, decorative patterns made by dough and shaped into leaves, birds, flowers. It is customary to make christopsomo (Greek Christmas decorative bread, the so called "bread of Christ") a couple of days before Christmas.
Christopsomo full of flavors! is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Christopsomo full of flavors! is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have christopsomo full of flavors! using 20 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Christopsomo full of flavors!:
- Make ready 600 g strong flour
- Take 300 g cake flour
- Take 200 g wholemeal flour
- Get 120 g sheep's yoghurt with the skin
- Make ready 2 full tbsp honey
- Make ready 60 g fresh yeast
- Prepare 2 cups lukewarm water
- Get 1 tbsp salt
- Get 1 tbsp pimento, powder
- Get 1 tbsp nutmeg, powder
- Take 1/2 tsp anise
- Take zest of 1 orange
- Take 120 g finely chopped walnuts
- Take lukewarm water as much as the dough takes
- Make ready For decorating
- Take 80 g whole blanched almonds
- Take cloves plenty of
- Take sesame seeds
- Prepare 1 shelled walnut
- Prepare 1 egg yolk and a little milk for brushing the top
Kozunak is very well known by all in Bulgaria since it is the iconic Easter brioche. This soft brioche is also found in other countries of the Balkans region. It is found under other names in Albania, Moldova, Romania as well as in some other countries. With or without raisins, sometimes with dried fruits, walnuts or almonds, this.
Steps to make Christopsomo full of flavors!:
- Crumble the yeast in a bowl and add the honey. Add the lukewarm water and stir until they dissolve. Let the mixture foam for 10 minutes.
- Uisng another bowl, mix all the flours (sifted), add the powdered spices except the walnuts and the zest. Make a well and add the yoghurt and the yeast mixture. Mix. Dissolve the salt in the lukewarm water that you will need for the dough. Add it gradually until you have a pliable dough that doesn't stick to your hands. At this point add the finely chopped walnuts and the zest.
- Knead your dough for 10 minutes.
- Leave it to rest in an oiled bowl at a warm place for one hour and a half until it rises. Then knead lightly, keep a piece of the dough the size of an apple and after you form the dough into a round loaf place it on oiled greaseproof paper (I suggest that you use a round baking tray) and start decorating. Using the piece of dough that you set aside, make two strings and form a large cross on the top and if you like, make patterns like leaves or birds. Push in the almonds and cloves. Place the shelled walnut at the center of the cross. Set it aside once more, in a warm place in order to rise, for about an hour.
- When the hour passes brush the top with the egg yolk-milk, sprinkle with sesame seeds and bake at 160°C using the upper and lower heating elements on the last rack for 50 minutes to one hour.
All throughout Greece, people make many different versions of this bread with all kinds of designs. Some even put fruit and or other ingredients in, so feel free to play around with the recipe to suit your needs. Overall, the bread is lightly sweet, buttery, and soft. The almonds and raisins give it a nice flavor. It is customary to make christopsomo (Greek Christmas decorative bread, the so called "bread of Christ") a couple of days before Christmas.
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