Lenten tsoureki

Name: Lenten tsoureki
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 kg strong flour for tsoureki; 2 oranges, juice and zest; 200 g olive oil; 2 packets dry yeast; 200 g sugar; 250 g lukewarm water; 1 tsp mahlab; 1 tsp ground mastic; Optionallydark chocolate drops or flakes

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Lenten tsoureki without eggs and milk.

Recipe by mare

Lenten tsoureki without eggs and milk.

Recipe by mare

Cookpad Greece @cook_8238176

Greece

Lenten tsoureki without eggs and milk.

Recipe by mare

Lenten tsoureki without eggs and milk.

Recipe by mare

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Ingredients

1 kgstrong flour for tsoureki
2oranges, juice and zest
200 golive oil
2 packetsdry yeast
200 gsugar
250 glukewarm water
1 tspmahlab
1 tspground mastic
Optionallydark chocolate drops or flakes

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Steps

1

Mix 200 gr of the flour with the two packets of yeast and the water in a bowl. Let the batter double for 20'.
2

Put the flour in a large bowl, make a well in the middle and add the rest of the ingredients. Finally, add the yeast batter. Knead well until you have a firm dough. Let it rest in a warm place and double in size (it takes about 2 hours).
3

Divide the dough into parts and knead one by one so that it gets a smooth texture and then give it any shape you like (round, braid, etc.).
4

Place them on a baking tray that you have lined with baking paper leaving quite a bit of space between them so that they rise again (they need 1 additional hour).
5

Bake at 150-160°C for 45΄.
6

OptionallyFor a chocolate filling, make a thin roll of the dough (like a snake). Press it with the rolling pin so that it gets flat. Sprinkle with the chocolate drops and then seal it from end to end. Now you have a snake with plenty chocolate in its belly. Shape it into a round tsoureki or make another and braid them.