RecipesCottage cheese wreath
The advantage of the recipe for Easter wreath is the fact that you use the same dough as for the recipe for Christmas bread. This recipe for Easter cheese wreath, from which you can bake both Christmas bread and Easter sweet bread, comes from old, long unopened drawers found in the old house at your grandparents' home. The dough for the Easter wreath is thus time-tested and well-crafted, beautifully fragrant with butter, and perfectly suited for baking an Easter wreath that you can easily fill with cottage cheese.
The recipe for Easter cheese wreath is actually baked like Christmas bread with one difference – after creating the braid, you must connect the ends together to form a ring-wreath. You can add almonds or raisins to the recipe for two-tone cheese wreath according to your taste. The dough for cheese wreath is essentially a yeast dough made with butter, which acquires a lovely aroma from lemon zest. If you decide to add raisins to the recipe, be sure to soak them in rum beforehand for better taste and texture.
Ingredients (what you need)
Ingredients for the dough
40 g yeast
100 g sugar
250 ml milk
0.5 kg all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 egg yolks
125 g butter
lemon zest
50 g raisins
40 ml rum
For the filling
500 g full-fat cottage cheese
40 g vanilla sugar
2 tablespoons vanilla pudding
2 yolks
additional flour for dusting
1 egg for brushing
50 g almonds for topping
Recipe steps
First, mix the yeast with a little sugar to make a paste. Then add the other ingredients – lukewarm milk, flour, salt, egg yolks, clarified butter, lemon zest, and raisins soaked in rum.
Now knead a soft dough. Dust the sides of the bowl and the kneaded, beautifully soft dough with flour, cover it with a cloth, and let it rise in a warm place for at least an hour. Don't forget to mix the dough once during this time.
Then sprinkle flour on the rolling surface. Place the dough on it and cut it in half. Roll both halves into strips, just like you would for a strudel. Place cottage cheese in the center, brush the edges with beaten egg, and roll it up.
Then carefully braid both parts into a wreath shape. (Tip: place a buttered mold or cup in the center of the wreath so that the dough doesn't join in the middle). Then brush the wreath with egg and sprinkle with chopped almonds.
Bake in an oven preheated to 170 degrees Celsius. It will take about 45 minutes. After cooling, sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Additional information about the recipe Cottage cheese wreath
Cottage cheese wreath is a delicious dessert that is often prepared for festive occasions. The base is a fine dough, into which a rich cottage cheese filling is worked, often flavored with lemon zest and vanilla. The dough is shaped into a circle, symbolizing a wreath, and then baked to a golden color. After baking, it is usually drizzled with sweet icing or sprinkled with sugar. This dessert is popular for its delicate consistency and balanced flavor, which satisfies even the most demanding taste buds. It is served as a sweet conclusion to a festive meal.
Tomas Rohlena
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