Stollen

Ingredients

Fruit & Spice:

• 100g Sultanas
• 50g Candid Peel
• 50g Currants
• 1 Lemon Zest
• 1 tsp Ground Cardamom
• Pinch Black Pepper
• 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 2 tbsp. Rum

Dough:

• 7g Yeast
• 1tsp Sugar
• 500g Strong Flour
• 150ml Milk
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 3 tbsp Light Brown Sugar
• 50g Butter
• 2 Eggs
• 300g Marzipan
• Icing Sugar

Method

1. Mix all Fruit & Spice in a bowl and cover for 1 hour
2. Mix Yeast, Sugar, 125g Flour, and Milk to make a wet dough
3. Leave to go frothy (1 hour)
4. Mix in the rest of Flour (375g), Salt, Brown Sugar, diced Butter and beaten Eggs
5. Once the dough comes together, knead (5 mins)
6. Leave to double in size (1 hour)
7. Divide dough and Marzipan in half to make 2 loafs
8. Roll out dough into and oval
9. Roll marzipan into a log, place in the middle of dough and wrap the dough around the marzipan
10. Repeat for other halves and place on a well flour baking try
11. Leave to rise (30 mins)
12. Bake @180C for 30 mins
13. Dust over plenty of Icing Sugar when cool
14. One loaf is for you, then other is to give away!