Qmee recipes – Stollen spirals for Christmas brunch

Christmas is only 2 weeks away so we’re starting to think of some great things to cook over the Holiday period. The recipe we’ve chosen this week is perfect for a Christmas brunch – why not bake a batch of these sweet German buns and enjoy at breakfast or teatime… or both!

Here’s what you’ll need…

Zest 1 orange, plus juice ½
4 tbsp Cointreau
85g dried cranberries
85g mixed dried fruit
550g strong white bread flour, plus extra for kneading
2 x 7g sachets easy-bake dried yeast
85g golden caster sugar
Good grating of nutmeg
85g butter, plus extra for the tin
1 large egg
250ml warm milk
Sunflower oil, for the bowl
25g pistachios, chopped
300g golden marzipan

To decorate:
Melted butter and icing sugar, or icing sugar mixed with a little water, plus chopped pistachios

Here’s what you’ll need to do…

1. Stir together the zest and juice, Cointreau, cranberries and mixed fruit in a small bowl and leave to soak.
2. Meanwhile, mix the flour, yeast, caster sugar and nutmeg in a large bowl. Add ½ tsp salt and rub in the butter.
3. Beat the egg with the warm milk, then pour onto the flour mix. Stir with a round-bladed knife, then use your hands to bring the mixture together as a soft dough.
4. Tip onto a work surface and knead for a couple of mins, adding a little flour only if you need to stop it sticking.
5. Oil the bowl, return the dough and cover with cling film.
6. Leave to rise for 45 mins-1 hr in a warm place until doubled in size.
7. Line and butter a large roasting tin with baking parchment.
8. Roll the risen dough out firmly to a long strip about 70 x 18cm. Add the pistachios to the soaked fruit, then scatter the mix along the dough.
9. Roll the marzipan into a sausage the same length as the longest side of the dough, then place it down the centre of the dough and roll up together firmly, a bit like making a sausage roll.
10. Trim the ends, then cut the rest into even lengths and arrange, cut side up, in the tin.
11. Cover with cling film and leave to rise for 45 mins-1 hr until really well risen.
12. Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Bake for 15-20 mins until golden. Will freeze for up to 6 weeks.
13. Brush with melted butter and dredge with icing sugar, or mix a little water into the icing sugar, drizzle over the buns and scatter over the nuts. Eat within 2 days.

Sounds perfect, we can’t wait to give this recipe a go.

(Source: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/863654/stollen-spirals)

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