One of the brightest and greatest holidays is Easter. Many people hold Lent, which is why it is customary to set a table full of generous dishes on Holy Sunday of Christ. The center of the festive feast is Easter.
The technology for baking an Easter cake is basically the same, but for some housewives it turns out to be unusually tasty. Some use a large number of eggs when cooking, some add sour cream, some improve the taste and appearance with almonds, candied fruits, various powders. The question arises: how to cook Easter?
Easter, as a rule, has a round or cylindrical shape. It is decorated with the symbol "XB", crosses, twigs, grains, flowers made of multi-colored glaze. We will also discover the secret of how to cook a delicious Easter.
What must be done before
A wide variety of recipes for making this festive muffin amazes even the most experienced housewives. Easter pastries are usually served from early morning on Friday (Good Friday). But this mysterious process must be prepared in advance. It is necessary to peel, fry and chop nuts, rinse, soak and dry raisins and dried fruits, sort and chop candied fruits. In general, it is better to insist them for half a day in rum or cognac. This will give them amazing aroma, taste and tenderness.
It is also necessary to prepare baking dishes, rinsing them in advance and greasing them with vegetable oil. At the bottom, it is better to put oiled baking paper, and then sprinkle it and the walls of the mold with small breadcrumbs. Flour should be well dried and sieved thoroughly through a sieve. It is better to use pressed rather than dry yeast.
Separately, it should be said about the preparation for the baking process itself. Of course, you need to start work with a good mood. One can also read a prayer.
Essential Ingredients
Before you cook Easter, you need to stock up on the following foods:
- kilogram of flour
- fifty grams of yeast
- two hundred grams of butter (butter)
- from one to one and a half glasses of milk
- 10 yolks
- three squirrels
- two hundred and fifty grams of sugar
- one hundred grams of raisins
- 25 grams of cognac and candied fruit
- three teaspoons of lemon zest (can be replaced with a teaspoon of ground cardamom)
- half a teaspoon of nutmeg (grate it)
- gram of salt
- A bag of two vanilla sugar.
Dough Preparation Technology
Now we will examine in more detail the question of how to cook Easter. First you need to sift the flour. Then you should put the dough.
At the first stage, taking half a glass of boiling milk, add one hundred grams of flour to it, constantly stirring it with a wooden spoon so that it does not stray into lumps. Keep the mixture on low heat until the elastic mass is formed after stirring.
In the next step, we grow the yeast with half a glass of slightly warmed milk and add 100 grams of flour. Mix everything again and leave for ten minutes.
Then we combine both mixtures, cover and set in heat for one to two hours so that the mixture ferments and rises. This is the first secret of how to cook a delicious Easter.
The basic process for making dough
If we talk about how to cook Easter, then it should be noted: it is necessary to strictly adhere to the recipe and sequence of actions.
So, to prepare the dough at the initial stage, mix the yolks, salt and sugar into a homogeneous mass, then beat it until white. We divide this mass into half, pour one of them into a suitable dish, pour 250 grams of flour, knead thoroughly, and then leave for an hour to approach.
After an hour, add the second half, 500 grams of flour and knead thoroughly. The dough should not reach for hands and stick to them. Then gradually add the melted and chilled butter, add spices and add brandy.
Leave the dough for "growth". After it "grows up" a second time, take it. Then you should put 2/3 parts of the whole raisins (before this, you need to sprinkle it thoroughly with flour). After that, give the test the opportunity to rise again. Now you already half know how to cook Easter.
What should be done immediately before baking
First, divide the dough in half, put it into forms, filling them in half. Then pour the candied fruit and the rest of the raisins on top and let the dough come up, rising to 2/3 of the form.
After that, coat the risen Easter with the yolk whipped with a fork and send to the oven (the power should be about 150 degrees). Important note: preheat the oven well. Bake for 45 minutes.
Now you know how to cook Easter, airy and unusual in taste. Good luck and high to you Easter and bright holidays!