Homemade Easter dessert
Description
Homemade pastry for tea. Here is a classic recipe for homemade Easter bread. Prepare a choux pastry and a leaven from the listed ingredients. Mix the dough with the leaven, then add egg yolks, clarified butter, egg whites beaten with sugar, vegetable oil, and salt. Add flour and knead the dough. Let the dough rise in a warm place for several hours. At the end, add zest, vanilla, and raisins. Bake the Easter bread in the oven, then cover with icing (egg white beaten with ½ cup sugar) and sprinkles. Good luck! The pastry is ready. Serve at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the choux pastry. Place milk and butter in a saucepan and bring to a boil, add 3 cups of flour, mix well. Let the mixture cool.
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Step 2
Prepare the sponge. Mix the yeast with 0.5 liters of milk and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Let the sponge rise.
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Step 3
Mix the choux pastry with the leaven, add 9 egg yolks, clarified butter, vegetable oil, salt, and egg whites beaten with sugar. Add flour, knead a soft dough, and leave it in a warm place for several hours (until it rises 2-3 times).
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Step 4
After an hour, add all the zest, vanilla, and raisins to the dough.
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Step 5
Place the dough into molds. Fill them halfway and let rise. Bake small paskhas for 30 minutes and large ones for 40 minutes at 180 degrees.
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Step 6
Cover the hot Easter cake with icing and decorate with sprinkles.