Easter Bread

Name: Easter Bread (Tsoureki)
Yield: Makes 2 Loaves
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 8-9 cups all-purpose flour; ½ cup sugar; ½ cup orange juice; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tablespoons honey; 1 teaspoon ground mahleb; 4 eggs, 1 separated; ½ teaspoon sea salt; 1 package (1 tablespoon) active dry yeast; ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons warm milk; ½ cup unsalted butter or margarine; 1 cup Sourdough Starter; 1 teaspoon ground mastic; 2 tablespoons grated orange zest

Tsoureki

Preparation info

Makes
2
Loaves

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Foods of Greece

By Aglaia Kremezi

Published 1993

About

This delicious festive bread was at one time only baked on Easter. Now it is made year round, including the Christmas holidays. It is customary for godmothers to bake one Tsoureki for each godchild.

More a cake than a bread, with a texture similar to brioche, Tsoureki slices can also be left to dry for five hours in a slow 200°F. oven to become very tasty biscuits. The same dough, with 2 tea