Tuscan yeast plait
easy
90 mins
90 mins
Ingredients
- 500 g Wheat flour (Type 1050)
- 1/4 l Milk
- 1 cube (42 g) Yeast
- 50 g Butter or margarine
- 3-4 Tbsp Olive oil
- 40 g Sugar
- 1 egg (weight class 2)
- 1 coated Tsp Salt
- 125 g Walnut kernels
- 125 g Raisins
- 7-10 Tbsp Cream or condensed milk
- 7-10 Tbsp Grease
Directions
- 1
Put the flour in a bowl. Warm the milk. Mix the yeast with some warm milk, let it go. Melt the fat, add the olive oil and mix with sugar, egg and the salt. Stir lightly with the flour.
- 2
Add the yeast milk and work through with the dough hooks of the hand mixer until the dough becomes bubbly. Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for about 30 minutes. Knead in walnuts and raisins. Divide the dough into 3 equal parts and form into rolls of 3-4 cm Ø and braid them into a plait.
- 3
Grease a box form (30 cm long) and place the braid inside. Spread with cream or condensed milk and bake in a preheated oven (electric range: 200 °C/ gas: level 3) for approx. 35 minutes.
- 4
Let it cool down a bit and turn the plait over onto a cake rack. Makes about 12 slices.
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