Easter Braid

10 SERVINGS

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INGREDIENTS FOR DOUGH

500 g all-purpose flour
100 g granulated sugar
300 ml lukewarm semi-skimmed milk
60 g butter
20 g fresh yeast
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or seeds from one pod
Zest of 1 lemon
A pinch of salt

INGREDIENTS FOR FILLING

90 g butter
70 g brown sugar
75 g pistachios (unsalted and peeled)
50 g freeze-dried fruit (strawberries, raspberries, apricots..)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

INGREDIENTS FOR GLAZE

5 tablespoons maple syrup
8 g vanilla sugar (one packet)
Juice of 1 lemon
100 ml water

INSTRUCTIONS

1
In a bowl, mix flour, sugar, and salt. Dissolve yeast in warm milk and add to the mixture. Add melted butter, eggs, vanilla, and lemon zest. Mix everything into a smooth dough. Let it rise in a warm place for about an hour.
2
For the filling, melt butter with brown sugar in a pan, add finely chopped pistachios. Sprinkle with cinnamon, mix, and let it simmer briefly until everything is well combined. Then let it cool.
3
Roll out the risen dough into a rectangle. Before that, dust the surface and rolling pin with flour. Spread the prepared filling, sprinkle with crushed freeze-dried fruit, and roll into a roulade. Then cut it lengthwise and braid the two ends into a braid. Shape into a wreath and place in a round form lined with baking paper. Let it rise for another 20 minutes.
4
Preheat the oven to 180 °C and bake the braid for 50 - 60 minutes until it is baked inside (test with a skewer). During baking, prepare the glaze. In a small pot, mix maple syrup, vanilla sugar, and lemon juice. Cook on low heat until it thickens. Brush the braid with the glaze immediately after removing it from the oven.
5
Optionally, serve the braid drizzled with maple syrup and sprinkled with pistachios, almonds, or dried fruit.

Zuzana Nová

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