Hungarian Christmas Loaf

Name: Hungarian Christmas Loaf (Beigli)
Cuisine: Hungarian
Ingredients: 300 g/11 oz shortcrust pastry, thawed if frozen; flour, for dusting; 1 egg yolk, beaten; 15 ml/1 tbsp icing (confectioners’) sugar; 300 g/11 oz/2¾ cups walnuts, roughly chopped; 200 g/7 oz/1 cup caster (superfine) sugar; 75 ml/5 tbsp single (light) cream; 1.5 ml/¼ tsp ground cinnamon; 45 ml/3 tbsp raisins; 10 ml/2 tsp vanilla extract; grated rind of 1 lemon; 15 ml/1 tbsp orange marmalade

Beigli

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food & Cooking of Hungary

By Silvena Rowe

Published 2012

About

This is a loaf that every Hungarian family will prepare for the Christmas celebrations. It is a little like a strudel but is instead made with shortcrust pastry. Walnuts and dried fruits are always used for the filling.

Ingredients

300 g/11 oz shortcrust pastry, thawed if frozen
flour, for dusting
1

Europe
Hungary
Dessert
Vegetarian
Christmas

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4 and line a baking sheet with baking parchment. To make the walnut filling, put the chopped walnuts and sugar into a bowl and mix together well.