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: 185 g (6 oz) unsalted butter; 55 g (1¾ oz) caster sugar; 250 g (8 oz) ready-made marzipan; 90 ml (3 fl oz) milk; 2 tablespoons rum; 155 g (5 oz) chopped mixed peel; grated rind of 2 small lemons; 155 g (5 oz) raisins; icing sugar, to dust; 1 egg and 1 egg yolk, beaten, for brushing; 375 g (12 oz) plain flour; 30 g (1 oz) fresh yeast or 15 g (½ oz) dried yeast; 30 g (1 oz) unsalted butter, melted; 45 g (1½ oz) glacé cherries, quartered; 1 teaspoon ground mixed spice; 60 g (2 oz) flaked almonds; 1 egg, beaten

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
Christmas
December
Winter
Vegetarian
Bread

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 <