For the dough melt the fat, add milk. Put flour, sugar, salt and dried yeast in a bowl. Add milk-fat-mixture and egg and knead to a smooth dough with the dough hooks of the hand mixer. Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for 30 minutes. In the meantime, grind poppy seeds for the poppy seed mixture. Bring milk, fat, sugar and vanilla sugar to the boil while stirring.
Add the poppy seeds and leave to swell for 15-20 minutes with the stove turned off. Wash and drain the raisins. Stir in almonds, lemon zest, raisins, cinnamon, lemon juice, rum flavouring, salt and honey. Knead the dough and roll out into a rectangle (approx. 40 x 30 cm) on a lightly floured work surface. Spread poppy seed mixture on top. Roll up the dough from the long side. Separate the egg. Spread the edge with egg white and press on. Cut the roll in about 2 cm distance. Fold up to a wreath and glue the seam together with egg white. Place the wreath on a baking tray lined with baking paper and leave to rise for another 15 minutes.
Roll up the dough from the long side. Separate the egg. Spread the edge with egg white and press on. Cut the roll in about 2 cm distance. Fold up to a wreath and glue the seam together with egg white. Place the wreath on a baking tray lined with baking paper and leave to rise for another 15 minutes. Whisk the egg yolk and cream, coat the wreath with it and bake in a preheated oven (electric range: 200 °C/ gas: level 3) for approx. 30 minutes. Cover if necessary. Let the wreath cool down on a cake rack. Pass the jam through a sieve, warm it up briefly and coat the wreath with it. Results in approx. 20 pieces
Whisk the egg yolk and cream, coat the wreath with it and bake in a preheated oven (electric range: 200 °C/ gas: level 3) for approx. 30 minutes. Cover if necessary. Let the wreath cool down on a cake rack. Pass the jam through a sieve, warm it up briefly and coat the wreath with it. Results in approx. 20 pieces