Fogatsa

Shortly before Easter, the bakeries and shops in the villages and towns of Corfu, come alive with the smell of a sweet bread called fogatsa, meaning Easter bread. The traditional fragrance comes from kumquat liqueur, but being tea total I used the juice from a tin of mandarins and good quality vanilla extract. This with the added quantity of sugar brings a beautifully balanced sweetness to this typical Corfiot offering. #CorfiotEasterBread
Cooking Instructions
- 1
Heat the milk in a small saucepan until it is just warm. Pour it into bowl and stir in the yeast, 100 grams of the flour, and 4 tablespoons of the sugar.
- 2
Place the bowl in a warm place, lightly covered with a tea towel, and allow to stand until the yeast starts to bubble up, roughly about 20-30 minutes.
In a medium bowl, beat the egg yolks with 6 tablespoons of the remaining sugar until pale and creamy. Pour this mixture into the yeast mixture. - 3
Stir in the drained mandarin juice, vanilla and melted butter.
Slowly add flour, a bit at a time mixing it in with a wooden spoon, until it begins to form. Turn this out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead, adding more flour if necessary to form a very smooth, large ball of dough.
Put it back into a bowl, cover and place somewhere warm and allow to stand until the dough has doubled in size, about 1 and half to 2 hours. - 4
Punch the dough down and knead again for about 8-10 minutes.
Shape into a loaf tin and make a cross shape slash on the surface of the dough, cover with a cloth, and let rise again until doubled for about 45mins to an hour.
Preheat oven to 180c and beat the egg whites with the remaining sugar in a medium bowl until they are frothy but not forming peaks. - 5
Brush the surface of the loaf with the mixture, and bake until the fogatsa has swelled and browned, this usually takes about 1 hour. Remove from the oven, let it cool on a wire rack, and serve.
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