Stollen
Dresden's Christmas loaf — a buttery yeasted dough full of rum-soaked raisins, candied peel and almonds, folded around a rope of marzipan and buried in icing sugar. It keeps for weeks and improves after a few days' rest.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 150 g raisins
- 75 g mixed candied peel, chopped
- 4 tbsp dark rum
- 375 g strong white bread flour
- 7 g fast-action dried yeast
- 50 g caster sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground cardamom
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 lemon, zest only
- 150 ml whole milk, lukewarm
- 1 egg
- 125 g butter, softened
- 50 g flaked almonds
- 200 g marzipan
- 50 g butter, melted, for brushing
- 100 g icing sugar, for coating
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 4403 kcal · P 74.1g · C 604g · F 184.4g
Estimated from 17 of 17 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Soak the raisins and candied peel in the rum for at least 2 hours, or overnight.
- 2Mix the flour, yeast, sugar, salt, cardamom, nutmeg and lemon zest. Add the milk, egg and softened butter and knead for 8–10 minutes into a soft, smooth dough.
- 3Knead in the drained fruit and the almonds until evenly spread, without overworking. Cover and leave to rise somewhere warm for 1½–2 hours; a rich dough rises slowly.
- 4Roll the marzipan into a 25 cm log.
- 5Press the dough out into a 25 × 20 cm oval and lay the marzipan along it just off centre. Fold the wider side over, leaving the edge of the lower layer showing, and press along the fold to make the classic ridge.
- 6Set on a lined tray, cover and prove for 1 hour. Heat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan).
- 7Bake for 35–40 minutes, until golden and hollow-sounding underneath; pick off any fruit that burns on the surface.
- 8While it is hot, brush the stollen generously with the melted butter and sift over a thick layer of icing sugar. Repeat once it has cooled, for a heavy white crust.
- 9Wrap in baking paper and foil and leave for at least 3 days before slicing.
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Questions and answers
How long does Stollen take to make?
About 240 minutes: 200 min prep and 40 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Stollen?
16 ingredients: raisins, mixed candied peel, dark rum, strong white bread flour, fast-action dried yeast, caster sugar, salt, ground cardamom, ground nutmeg, lemon, whole milk, egg and 4 more.
How many servings does this Stollen recipe make?
16 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Stollen?
About 275 kcal, with 4.6 g protein, 37.7 g carbohydrate and 11.5 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Stollen recipe suit?
It is vegetarian.
What cuisine is Stollen?
Stollen comes from German cuisine.
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