TSOUREKI | GREEK EASTER BREAD

Hi Everyone! Happy Thursday!

Greek easter is my favourite time of the year to spend time with family, enjoying good food and all the Greek traditions. I am so excited to share our fluffy Greek Easter Bread recipe also known as Tsoureki. Tsoureki is something I look forward to every year, it’s what makes Greek Easter so special to me and my family.

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Ingredients:

• 3 eggs

• 1 ½ cups sugar

• ½ cup of melted butter

• 2 cups of milk or water

• Juice o////f 1 orange and zest

• 8 gr. dry yeast

• 1 tbsp mahlepi ground

• 1 tsp vanilla

• 2 gr. mastic ground (optional)

• ½ cup vegetable oil

• 5-6 cups of all purpose flour.

• For garnish: 1 egg ,1tsp water and sesame seeds

Instructions:

1. All ingredients are at room temperature. In a bowl of lukewarm milk, add the yeast, 1 tsp sugar and ½ cup of flour.

2. Stir and cover, set aside until the yeast is bubbling.

3. In a small pot, add the butter and milk over medium heat and stir until the butter melt is warm not hot.

4. In a bowl put the sugar , eggs and whisk. Add the butter mixture, orange juice and zest.

5. In another large bowl, add the flour, mastic and mahlepi, butter- egg yeast mixture(from step 3). Using your hands, mix until the dough is really soft. If it is too sticky, use a little oil on your hands and knead a little more.

6. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and place it is a warm place until it doubles. When it’s doubled we cut small pieces and weigh the dough on the scale to make sure it’s 175grams.

7. Make the dough into a ball and then into a rope. Use three ropes to make braids. Place the dough in a tray and leave them in a warm place for about 1 hour to double.

8. When the tsoureki is doubled, egg wash and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake for about 45minutes at preheated oven of 350F until golden colour.

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Cheers,

Alexandra & Eleni