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Last updated: 09 Mar 2009

Christmas Stollen

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  • Serves: 15
  • Yield: 1 stollen
  • Ready in: 2 hours 40 mins (2 hours Prep - 40 mins Cook)
I got this stollen recipe while I was Head Baker at the Dorchester. It's packed with dried fruit and filled with a marzipan surprise. It makes a perfect food gift at Christmas.

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Ingredients

  • 2 teaspoons dried active baking yeast
  • 175ml (6 fl oz) warm milk (45 C)
  • 1 large egg
  • 75g (3 oz) caster sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 75g (3 oz) unsalted butter, softened
  • 350g (12 oz) bread flour
  • 50g (2 oz) currants
  • 50g (2 oz) sultanas
  • 50g (2 oz) red glace cherries, quartered
  • 175g (6 oz) diced mixed citrus peel
  • 200g (7 oz) marzipan
  • 1 heaped teaspoon icing sugar
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • toasted flaked almonds for sprinkling on top

Preparation method

  1.   In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm milk. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
  2.   In a large bowl, combine the yeast mixture with the egg, caster sugar, salt, butter, and 3/4 of the bread flour; beat well. Add the remaining flour, a little at a time, stirring well after each addition.
  3.   When the dough has begun to pull together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead in the currants, sultanas, dried cherries and mixed peel. Continue kneading until smooth, about 8 minutes.
  4.   Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl, and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
  5.   Lightly grease a baking tray. Deflate the dough and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll the marzipan into a rope and place it in the centre of the dough. Fold the dough over to cover it; pinch the seams together to seal.
  6.   Place the loaf, seam side down, on the prepared baking tray. Cover with a clean, damp tea-towel and let rise until doubled in volume, about 40 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 180 C / Gas mark 4.
  7.   Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 150 C / Gas mark 2 and bake for a further 30 to 40 minutes, or until golden brown.
  8.   Allow loaf to cool on a wire cooling rack. Dust the cooled loaf with icing sugar, sprinkle with cinnamon and finish with toasted flaked almonds.
    

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Nutrition

  • Calories 260.6kcal
  • Protein 5g
  • Sugars 18.4g
  • Total Fat 7.2g
  • Saturated Fat 2.9g
  • Salt 320.1mg
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    Review: liz

    I made this at the weekend and it was brilliant. I will definitely make more before Christmas. Thank you for the recipe.


    Posted: 27 Nov 2008 Easy

        
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    • liz
    • Intermediate
    • Hackney, UK
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