5+ Greek Tsoureki (Sweet Easter Bread) Ideas

Hey everyone, it's Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we're going to make a distinctive dish, Greek Tsoureki (sweet Easter bread). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have Greek Tsoureki (sweet Easter bread) using 16 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

One of the traditional sweets we make here in Greece for Easter is Tsoureki. It's an extra fluffy and stringy slightly sweet bread, with an exquisite taste and aroma.

This is the fluffiest recipe I have tried. But it needs some faith, because it is sticky. Don’t add flour, butter your hands and it will reward you.

There are many ways to braid your Tsoureki. The method with the 3 strings is the most common, but you can also do it with 2, make it as a roll, braid it round etc. For this recipe I suggest the 2 cords, because it holds the shape better.
You can also cover it with chocolate after it's baked or stuff it with chocolate (or whatever you like). But the traditional way is plain, with just slivers of almond and a red egg.

Ingredients and spices that need to be Prepare to make Greek Tsoureki (sweet Easter bread):

1. 100 ml milk
2. 175 g water
3. 45 g fresh yeast (or 15g dry yeast)
4. 630 g extra strong bread flour
5. 1 tsp mahlepi powder(mahleb)
6. 1 tsp cardamom (crushed)
7. 1/2 tsp mastic powder (if you can find it)
8. 1 pinch salt
9. 2 eggs
10. 50 g butter (melted)
11. 160 g sugar
12. 40 g honey
13. 1 orange (the zest)
14. top
15. 1 egg
16. almond slivers

Instructions to make to make Greek Tsoureki (sweet Easter bread)

1. Dissolve the yeast in lukewarm milk and water. Let it rest for 10 minutes.
2. In a bowl combine the flour with the mahlepi powder, the cardamom, mastic powder and salt
3. In a stand mixer combine in this order: the yeast with milk, the sugar, the honey, the eggs and the orange zest. Mix.
4. Slowly add the flour. When it is incorporated, beat faster until the dough clings to the dough hook and comes clean from the edges. It takes about 20 minutes, so don't be impatient!
   At first your dough will be very loose and sticky, but after the 20 minutes it will be soft and still a bit sticky, but it will be able to be formed in a ball, and if you oil your fingers it won't stick at all.
5. When it reaches this point, cover it with a towel and let it rise. For quicker results, but it in the oven with the light turned on. Be very careful, it rises A LOT. It can become maybe four times larger in volume, so be sure to have it in a large bowl or container. It takes about 45 minutes.
6. Take the dough out of the bowl. Put some oil or butter on your hands to be able to handle your dough. Don't add more flour and don't flour your surface! It’s still sticky but if you butter your hands it will miraculously not stick at all.
7. Divide the dough in 3-4 pieces. We will form one Tsoureki with each piece.
   You can of course divide in just 2 and make 2 big ones, or in more pieces and make smaller sized Tsoureki.
8. Because the dough is so loose I would suggest you braid them using the method with just 2 cords. They hold their shape better. But 3 is easier.
9. With buttered hands, take the first piece of dough and divide in 3. Make a rope with each part and then braid it tightly. Make 3 more Tsourekia with the other pieces. Transfer them on a baking tray layered with parchment paper.
10. Let them rise again, covered with a towel, for 30 minutes.
11. In a small bowl add the egg and 1 tsp water and whisk with a fork. Brush carefully the top and sides of each Tsoureki with the egg and garnish with almond slivers. Bake in preheated oven at 160C fan for about 20-30 minutes, until nicely browned (this also depends on how many/big you have made them).
12. Let your Tsourekia cool down and then wrap them in plastic wrap to keep them fresh. They stay extra fresh for just 2-3 days, so it's better to keep one to eat and put the others in the freezer. Just one minute in the microwave and they will be as good as freshly baked!

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