Name: Mouna
Yield: Makes Two Loaves
Ingredients: icing (confectioners’) sugar, for dusting (optional); oil, for greasing; 90–120 ml/6–8 tbsp jam; grated rind of 1 orange; 4 eggs; 105 ml/7 tbsp lukewarm milk; 15 ml/1 tbsp cold water; 130 g/4½ oz/generous ½ cup butter; 45 ml/3 tbsp lukewarm water; 130 g/4½ oz/scant ⅔ cup sugar; 7 g packet easy-blend (rapid-rise) dried yeast; 500 g/1¼ lb/4½ cups unbleached plain (all-purpose) flour

Preparation info

Makes
Two
Loaves

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking

By Marlena Spieler

Published 2016

About

This delicate, sweet egg bread of the a Lgerian Jewish community is perfect for a Shabbat breakfast, or to break the fast of Yom Kippur.

Ingredients

500 g/1¼ lb/4½ cups unbleached plain (all-purpose) flour
130

Vegetarian
Breakfast
Shabbat
Yom Kippur

Method

Combine half the flour, half the sugar and the yeast in a large bowl. Stir the water and milk into the dry ingredients and mix until thoroughly combined. Cover and leave in a warm place for about 1 hour until doubled in size.
Whisk together half the remaining sugar and three of the eggs. Mix in the butter and orange rind. Gradually add the remaining flour and k

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