Meeting dear guests with bread and salt is an ancient tradition of the Slavs. Until now, this beautiful custom has been preserved in the post-Soviet space and is very often observed at various holidays and in special occasions. Bread is a symbol of life, generosity, warmth, hospitality. Salt is the personification of friendliness, sincerity, joy of meeting (in Russia, for example, it was always expensive, and treating it with it meant that the owners share the most valuable that they have). That is the meaning of this tradition. The ritual for wedding ceremonies was especially significant .
Loaf for a wedding
When wedding loaves were baked , they tried to pick up their recipe so that the bread turned out to be especially tasty, sweet, magnificent. After all, the more successful he came out, the more friendly, strong the new family should have become. Carefully baked, with a ruddy appetizing crust and a stupefying aroma, adorned with intricate patterns, he accompanied the young people to the church and met with a bow in the hands of his parents on the doorstep of the house where the husband had brought his betrothed. Moreover, wedding loaves had a secret: often a coin was put in the dough. And if she got to one of the male guests, that bride was awarded with a kiss. And if her woman found in her piece, she was kissed by the groom. Well, I came across one of the newlyweds - the guests themselves could have kissed it. It turned out fun, funny, funny, which, of course, corresponded to the general mood of the wedding.
Bake together: recipe number 1
And now more about how to prepare wedding loaves. The first recipe. For the test you will need: 1 kg of premium wheat flour, yeast - 50 g, milk - 200-250 g, butter - 75 g, sugar - 150-200 g, eggs - 1 pc., Salt - a teaspoon. Heat the milk a little, add yeast and other ingredients and knead the dough. Cover it and put for 2 hours in a warm place. When the mass increases in volume, knock off and leave it again for another half hour. Then knock again. After that, remove from the bowl, roll into a ball shape and put under a clean towel, allow to distance. If you need wedding loaves in a certain amount, the recipe recommends doubling the number of products, etc. Then you need to give the dough the appropriate shape, separating part of it for decoration.
Such symbols are suitable for these purposes: horseshoes, rings, swans, hearts. In general, the design of a wedding loaf is a delicate matter, it should be thought out in advance. Figures are fashioned from intended for this test. And on the very surface of the bread you can squeeze flowers, leaves, ears, birds, curls. It remains to attach the figures, grease the loaf with a beaten egg and bake in the oven until cooked at a temperature of 240 degrees. Such a loaf is served on an embroidered towel or an elegant beautiful napkin. Often ribbons and flowers are tied to it.
Bake together: recipe number 2
How to make a wedding loaf yet? For a new recipe, you need: flour - 8 glasses or a little more (850 g – 1 kg), dried yeast - 20-25 g, butter - 100-120 g, half a glass of milk, 10 eggs, 6 glasses of sugar, 50 g of salt, zest of 1 lemon and a teaspoon of cinnamon. Knead and prepare the dough. Select a part for decoration, form a loaf from the bulk. As a decoration, weave braids, form leaves, etc., attach to the surface of the bread. Leave it as it is for raising, then grease it with an egg and bake.
Have a merry wedding, and let your loaves turn out to be the most beautiful and delicious!