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Greek · Bread
Vasilopita (New Year Bread)
A round, orange-scented sweet bread topped with almonds, traditionally cut at midnight on New Year's Eve. Rich, soft and lightly spiced with cinnamon and mastic.
- YieldServes 8 · 1 round loaf
- Hands-on55 min
- Total4 h 51 min
- Difficulty
Ingredients
- 1½ tspactive dried yeast
- 125 mlmilk, lukewarm
- 2eggs, beaten
- 1 tsporange zest, finely grated
- 115 gcaster sugar
- 450 gall-purpose flour, plus extra for kneading
- 0.13 tspsalt
- ½ tspground cinnamon
- 1 pinchground mastic
- 85 gunsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
- 1egg, beaten, for glazing
- 30 gblanched almonds, split, for decorating
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