Paska - Slovak Easter bread
Easter marks the end of the fasting period. In the Eastern European countries Paska - Slovak Easter bread is a traditional food for Easter.
Ingredients
for the bread
- 600 gram plain flour
- 9 gram dry yeast
- 50 gram sugar
- 50 gram butter on room temperature
- 2 eggs
- 200 ml milk
- 100 ml water
- 50 gram cranberries dried
- 100 gram raisins dried
- 1 orange
- cinnamon
- salt
for the topping
- 1 egg
- icing sugar
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
Instructions
- Press the orange and let the raisins and the cranberries soak in the orange juice. Also add some cinnamon to it.
- Heat the milk until lukewarm, and then add the yeast to it.
- Mix all the ingredients for the dough: the flour, the sugar, some cinnamon, butter, eggs, water and the milk with the yeast. Knead thoroughly until the dough is not sticking anymore. Then cover it and let it rise for about 45 minutes, until it approximately doubled in size.
- Remove the cranberries and the raisins from the orange juice and press out the liquid.
- Grease a mold for a loaf or a cake.
- Transfer the dough on a floured surface. Mix it with the raisins and the cranberries and knead it well.
- Transfer the dough to the mold and let it rise again for 45 minutes, until doubled in size.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C shortly before the rising process is ready.
- Mix the egg with some icing sugar and one tablespoon of the orange juice.
- Brush the top of the dough with the topping and put it in the oven.
- Bake for 40 - 45 minutes until golden brown.
Notes
the cranberries are not a must for this recipes, and can of course be replaced by more raisins. But I had some leftovers from a previous recipe and figured this could give the special touch to my Paska version.
Nutrition
Serving: 1breadCalories: 3595kcalCarbohydrates: 659gProtein: 93gFat: 68gSaturated Fat: 35gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gMonounsaturated Fat: 18gTrans Fat: 2gCholesterol: 619mgSodium: 682mgPotassium: 2303mgFiber: 31gSugar: 108gVitamin A: 2615IUVitamin C: 84mgCalcium: 495mgIron: 33mg
