What is Hefekranz?
In the Central European countries of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, two types of sweet bread from yeast are popular, especially during the holidays. Hefekranz is a wreath made of knitted dough, decorated with pieces of almonds, while Hefezopf is the same cake only laid in the fat, knitted protocol. Both common delicacies are thick sweet doughs made of flour, milk, sugar, yeast, butter and some eggs.
The names of these desserts are only shopping. hefe means "yeast" in German. kranz and zopf average "wreath" and "braid". Depending on the household, either Hefekranz or Hefezopf , or even both could be administered. They are popular desserts not only during Christmas celebrations, but also at Easter and ringing in the New Year.
The formation of a dough correctly for Hefekranz is essential for achieving rich and scaly folds of bread. First, yeast, water and sugar mixed and allowed to rise. PRO 1 pound (0.45 kg) flour, one recipe requires that this mixture of yeast contains 1 tablespoon (about 14.3 g) yeast, 1 teaspoon. (about 5 g) sugar and 0.5 cup (about 60 ml) of water.
When the oven is preheated to 350 ° F (about 177 ° C), this mixture is rolled with flour, more sugar, molten butter, eggs and raisins. Recipe with 1 pound (0.45 kg) flour has three eggs, 2 oz (about 60 g) butter, 4 oz (about 120 g) sugar and at least 1 cup (about 200 g) raisins. The dough Hefekranz is pushed into the ball and then leaves to rise until it spreads to three times its original size. Some chefs also add citrus peel to a mixture of dough before the movement.
After the first climb at the room temperature, many chefs give the ball to the ball, overturns it again into the ball and then leave it covered with refrigerator overnight. The next day tolze divide into three same parts and emerge on the counter dusted with flour into long thick protrumsCurrent at least 12 inches (30 cm) long. These protocols, which are laid side by side, can then be tangled into a single loaf of bread. The almond pieces are pressed into the dough. After a quick brushing of milk or egg yolk, then cooks on a baking tray for about half an hour-get in a long loaf or turns into a circle.
To make the bread sweeter, some other sugar or raisins would not be unusual. Some chefs even add macerated Maraschino cherries. However, this is often not necessary, especially when sugar syrup sugar syrup is poured over the peak.