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Ingredients
Starter Dough
- 80 g milk
-
10
g fresh yeast, crumbled
or 1 tsp dried instant yeast - 1 tsp caster sugar
- 130 g strong white bread flour
- water, warm, for soaking
Dough
- 120 g caster sugar
- 1 lemon, preferably organic, zest only, without white pith
- 1 orange, preferably organic, zest only, without white pith
- 60 g milk
- 70 g unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus extra for greasing
- 2 medium eggs
-
20
g fresh yeast, crumbled
or 2 tsp dried instant yeast - 30 g orange blossom water (see tip)
- 450 g strong white bread flour
- 1 pinch fine sea salt
Assembly
- 1 medium egg, beaten
- 100 - 150 g mixed candied fruit, to taste
- 30 g flaked almonds
- 50 g caster sugar (moistened with a few drops of water)
- Nutrition
- per 1 piece
- Calories
- 1268 kJ / 303 kcal
- Protein
- 8.03 g
- Carbohydrates
- 50.72 g
- Fat
- 7.58 g
- Fibre
- 1.87 g
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