Stollen
Ingredients 1
500g strong white bread
flour
100g caster sugar
1 sachet fast action
yeast
10g salt
150g soft butter
250ml full fat milk
Ingredients 2
2 tsp mixed spice
grated zest of 1 lemon
1 tsp cardamom seeds
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
30ml amaretto
100g blanched almonds
200g raisins / currants
125g mixed peel
1/2 tub glace cherries
Ingredients 3
225g melted butter
400g marzipan
Ingredients 4
25g melted butter
icing sugar
Method
- Mix ingredients 1 to a dough.
- Mix ingredients 2 in a bowl then place the dough on top.
- Kneed the dried fruit and spices into the dough.
- Cling film and leave to double in size.
- On a lightly floured top: form the dough into a 16 inch square.
- Brush the top with melted butter (ingredients 3).
- Form the marzipan into a 16 inch by 10 inch rectangle.
- Place in the middle of the dough with a 3 inch border, top and bottom.
- Roll the dough up from bottom to top.
- Cut the rolled dough into 3 equal lengths.
- Leave to rise for an hour.
- Bake the loaves for 45 minutes at 170 C fan / Gas 5 / 190 C conventional.
- Brush with melted butter and dust with icing sugar.
- Leave to cool.
