How to cook a Georgian Easter cake: the secrets of a lush and fragrant dough
Georgian Easter cake is prepared on yeast dough with milk. Be sure to add turmeric and orange zest for spiciness. Also, a small amount of alcohol for flavor and a spongy texture.
The idea of making a delicious Georgian Easter cake is published on the culinary page of smakoluk.ua on Instagram.
Georgian easter cake recipe
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Ingredients for sourdough:
- 250 ml milk
- 50 g sugar
- 30 g of pressed yeast
- 200 grams of flour
Method for making the sourdough:
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1.Dissolve the yeast with sugar in warm milk.
2. Add the flour.
3. Leave the sourdough to activate in a warm place for 10-20 minutes.
Ingredients for the pastry:
- 250 g sugar
- 125 ml sour cream (20% fat content minimum)
- 3 yolks
- 2 eggs
- 125g butter (melted)
- 100 ml butter
- 0.25 tsp turmeric
- zest of 1 orange
- 2 tbsp. strong alcohol
Method for making the pastry:
Fluffy dough for a Georgian Easter cake.
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Mix all the ingredients until homogeneous.
Method of making the dough:
1. Add the sourdough to the pastry. Mix until homogeneous.
You need to add turmeric to the dough.
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2. Add 650 grams of flour (sometimes a little less, sometimes a little more).
3. Leave the dough to rise in a warm place for about 2 hours.
4. Put the dried fruit in boiling water for a few seconds. Drain and dry with paper towels.
Laying out the dough in the mold
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5. Add flour, mix (200 g of dried fruit, 1 tbsp of flour).
6. When the dough has fermented for 2 hours - add dried fruit to it.
7. Output: 3 forms of 13 cm in diameter, 1 form of 11 cm in diameter.
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8. Under the food film leave to rise in a warm place for an hour.
9. Grease the top of the loaves as desired
10. Bake at 170 degrees, top-bottom mode without convection, about 60 minutes.
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