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How to cook a Georgian Easter cake: the secrets of a lush and fragrant dough

Kateryna YagovychLife
Georgian Easter cake recipe. Source: Freepik

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.

 

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:

 

Mix all the ingredients until homogeneous.

Method of making the dough:

1. Add the sourdough to the pastry. Mix until homogeneous.

 

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.

 

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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