Stollen

Name: Stollen
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 2 h 25 min
Yield: Makes 2 stollen (each cuts into 16 slices)
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 155 g (5 oz) chopped mixed peel; 1 teaspoon ground mixed spice; 60 g (2 oz) flaked almonds; 2 tablespoons rum; 155 g (5 oz) raisins; 90 ml (3 fl oz) milk; 1 egg and 1 egg yolk, beaten, for brushing; 30 g (1 oz) unsalted butter, melted; icing sugar, to dust; 45 g (1½ oz) glacé cherries, quartered; grated rind of 2 small lemons; 55 g (1¾ oz) caster sugar; 1 egg, beaten; 185 g (6 oz) unsalted butter; 250 g (8 oz) ready-made marzipan; 30 g (1 oz) fresh yeast or 15 g (½ oz) dried yeast; 375 g (12 oz) plain flour

Preparation info

Makes
2
stollen (each cuts into 16 slices )

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
2 hr 30

Appears in

Christmas

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1999

About

This sweet, yeasty German Christmas bread is usually baked several weeks before Christmas to allow the flavour of the spices to mature. When cooked, it is liberally brushed with butter for a delicious crust.

Ingredients

1 teaspoon ground mixed spice
155 g (5 oz) chopped mixed peel

Europe
Germany
Dessert
December
Winter
Bread
Christmas
Vegetarian

Method

Mix the spice, peel, cherries, almonds, rum, lemon rind and raisins together. Cover and marinate overnight.
Put the milk in a small pan and heat until tepid. Pour into a bowl and dissolve the yeast in it. Sift 125 g (4 <