Chocolate Kulich

Baking and Desserts | Afghan cuisine

⏳ Time

1 hour 30 minutes + 12 hours

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

Chocolate Kulich

Ingredients

Ground dried cherries - 5 oz
Cognac - 0 fl oz
Wheat Flour - 20 oz
Milk - 5 fl oz
Dry yeast - 0 oz
Sugar - 5 oz
Cocoa Powder - 0 oz
Chicken Egg - 5 pieces
Water - 0 fl oz
Butter - 5 oz
Chocolate - 5 oz
Salt - 0 oz

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Prepare all the ingredients.

Step 2

In a mixing bowl, combine 75 grams of flour, 3 grams of yeast, and milk until smooth. Cover and let it sit in a warm place for 4 hours. The mixture should rise and start to bubble.

Step 3

Soak the dried cherries in cognac and let them steep until needed.

Step 4

After 4 hours, add the remaining flour and yeast, cocoa powder, sugar, eggs, salt, and cold water to the sponge.

Step 5

Knead the dough on medium speed for about 10 minutes, until it becomes smooth and elastic. Gradually incorporate the softened butter.

Step 6

Add the soaked cherries and chocolate chips (you can substitute them with chopped chocolate bars). Mix well.

Step 7

Cover the dough and refrigerate it for at least 6 hours, preferably overnight.

Step 8

Before baking, take the dough out of the refrigerator and let it sit at room temperature for about an hour. Then, shape the dough into a ball or several smaller balls and place them into baking molds.

Step 9

Cover them with a greased plastic wrap and let them rise for another 4 hours. Bake the kulich (after removing the wrap) at 355°F for 40–50 minutes. If the top seems to be browning too much, cover it with aluminum foil.