Easter Kulich
Baking and Desserts | Russian cuisine
⏳ Time
4 hours + 1 day
🥕 Ingredients
13
🍽️ Servings
12
Description
Warm kulich can be decorated to your taste, for example, by sprinkling with almond flakes.
Ingredients
- Dry yeast - 1.1 oz
- Milk - 1 fl oz
- Wheat Flour - 19.4 oz
- Sugar - 2.3 oz
- Salt - 0.4 oz
- Chicken Egg - 11.1 oz
- Vanilla extract - 0 fl oz
- Butter - 16.6 oz
- Raisins - 4.1 oz
- Candied fruits - 7.4 oz
- Rum - 2 fl oz
- Powdered Sugar - 6 oz
- Egg white - 1.9 oz
Step by Step guide
Step 1
Combine the candied fruits and raisins in a small saucepan, pour in the rum, and place it over low heat. Heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the alcohol evaporates and the candied fruits absorb all the liquid. In parallel, start on the dough: dissolve the yeast in warm milk.
Step 2
Mix 525 grams of flour with sugar and salt. In a bowl, beat the eggs.
Step 3
In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour and sugar, then pour in the dissolved yeast. Add the eggs and vanilla.
Step 4
Knead the dough with a hook attachment for a long time until it wraps around the hook and starts to pull away from the sides of the bowl.
Step 5
Cut the butter into small cubes and gradually incorporate it into the dough, continuing to knead it well. Finally, add the mixture of dried fruits and candied fruits.
Step 6
Cover the dough with a clean kitchen towel and let it rest at room temperature for 1.5 hours. Then, punch down the dough on a floured surface, fold it again into a clean, dry bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 12 hours.
Step 7
Divide the dough into three parts (approximately 600 grams each). Roll each part into a ball, place them in a parchment-lined pan for baking kulich, and gently press down. The dough should fill the pans about one-third of their volume. Cover the pans with a linen cloth and let them rise in a warm, draft-free place. Place a bowl of water nearby to prevent the dough from drying out. The dough should rise and slightly overflow the edges of the pan to create beautiful tops for the kulich.
Step 8
For the glaze, combine powdered sugar and 25 grams of flour. Gradually sift the sugar mixture into the egg whites, continuing to mix until smooth. Coat the risen kulich with the glaze and bake in a preheated oven at 320°F for 35 minutes.
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