HOW TO COOK STOLLEN

How To Cook Stollen –this dish is another German food but it is famous even in the United States. I had my first Stollen when I was like 12 years old and I couldn’t forget how was the taste like. It is delicious and I  was wondering why this kind pf dish is not as popular as kebab and marzipan. I found out that this Stollen thing is tricky to make and it requires a lot of ingredients so I thought that is why. But it is worth the effort, believe me. It is good to  prepare when you expect especial someone coming to you for a visit like friends or relatives, they would fell the hospitality just by eating this dish. The recipe I am going to share with you is not mine, I don’t remember when I got it from though. Anyway, here is how to cook Stollen:

Ingredients

2 tsp active yeast (dried)

6 ounce warm milk

1 egg

3 ounce caster sugar

2 ounce currants

12 ounce flour (prime or second class)

1 tsp salt

3 ounce butter

½ tsp cinnamon (ground)

1 tsp icing sugar

2 tbsp lemon extract

2 ounce sultanas

2 ounce red glace cherries (diced)

200 grams marzipan

Flaked almonds for topping.

oil

Cooking Procedure

1. In a bowl, pour in the warm milk, add yeast and dissolve. Let rest for 10 minutes.
2. Add egg, sugar, butter, salt and flour. Mix perfectly until the dough is formed.
3. Add lemon extract, cherries,  sultanas and currants. Knead perfectly until the dough becomes smooth.
4. Grease a large bowl with oil. Put the dough in it and turn until all the surfaces of dough is oiled.
5. Cover with cloth and let rise in size for 1 hour.
6. Grease a baking pan with oil. Put the dough in it and spread to create a wide area.
7. Arrange and roll the marzipan in the center of the dough and fold to cover the marzipan. Tuck it in by pressing the seams together.
8. Turn the dough upside down and let rest for an hour.
9. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.
10. Bake the dough for 10 minutes. Lower the heat to  150 C and let bake for half an hour.
11. Remove from the oven and let it cool down.
12. Scatter some icing sugar, cinnamon and almond flakes on the loaf.
13. And serve with hot chocolate or coffee.

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