Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, apricot couronne. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Set aside to cool on a wire rack. Gently heat the apricot jam with a splash of water, then sieve it and brush it over the warm. Apricot Couronne A couronne, or 'crown', is a traditional French Christmas loaf. I've been making these rich sweet breads - stuffed with marzipan, fruit and nuts - for years.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook apricot couronne using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Apricot Couronne:
- Take 9 oz strong white bread flour
- Make ready 1 sachet dried yeast
- Get 1 tsp salt
- Make ready 1 beaten egg
- Take 3 fl oz warm milk
- Take 1.5 oz soft butter plus another 3 oz
- Prepare 2.5 oz light brown sugar
- Take 2.5 oz raisins or sultanas
- Make ready 4 oz dried apricots, chopped & soaked in juice of 1 orange
- Take 2 oz chopped walnuts
- Prepare Grated zest of 1 orange
- Take 1.5 oz plain flour
- Take Apricot jam or marmalade
- Take Flaked toasted almonds
- Prepare 7 oz icing sugar
Brush the couranne with the jam to give it a nice shine. When the couronne is ready for baking, uncover the baking sheet and place in the oven. Gently heat the apricot jam with a splash of water, then push it through a sieve into a bowl. Set aside to cool on a wire rack.
Steps to make Apricot Couronne:
- Mix together the flour, beaten egg, 1.5 oz butter, milk salt & yeast in a bowl, then transfer to a working surface. Knead for about 10 minutes until a soft smooth dough is formed…it will be sticky at first, but persist!!
- Cover the bowl with a large plastic bag and leave to prove until doubled in size..depending on the temperature, this takes a bit more than an hour…make sure the milk is just blood heat.
- Beat together the butter and sugar then stir in the zest of the orange and chopped walnuts with the flour then add the drained apricots.
- Turn the risen dough on to the work surface and carefully roll out to a rectangle about 13 x10 inches. Spread the filling over and roll up tightly along the longest edge to make a long sausage. Using scissors, cut along the length of the roll until there's 1cm left…twist the two lengths together to form a rope then form a circle, arranging the two ends neatly…transfer to a large baking sheet.
- Cover with the same plastic bag, and prove for a further 45 minutes, set the oven to 200 degrees c…bake for 25 minutes until golden brown & cooked…make up some glacé icing with the icing sugar & lemon juice… finish the couronne with a glaze made with some sieved jam or marmalade, brushing it lightly over the surface…then zig zag icing over the entire top…then scatter the almonds….enjoy!!
Gently heat the apricot jam with a splash of water, then push it through a sieve into a bowl. Set aside to cool on a wire rack. Gently heat the apricot jam with a splash of water, then sieve it and brush it over the warm loaf to glaze. Mix the icing sugar with enough water to make a thin icing, drizzle over the loaf and sprinkle with the flaked almonds. Gently heat the apricot jam with a splash of water, then push it through a sieve into a bowl.
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