Name: Stollen wreath
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 2 h 50 min
Yield: Cuts into 20-22 slices
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 85g raisin; 50g dried cranberry plus extra to decorate; 100g carton mixed peel; 4 tbsp dark rum; 550g strong white bread flour; 2 x 7g sachets easy-bake yeast; 50g golden caster sugar; pinch nutmeg; zest 1 lemon; 85g butter cut into pieces; 250ml milk; 1 egg beaten, plus extra beaten egg to glaze; 50g pistachio peeled and chopped, plus extra, sliced, to decorate; 300g marzipan (bought or homemade); 100g fondant icing sugar; holly sprig, to decorate

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Stollen wreath

Stollen wreath

Angela Nilsen

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Cuts into 20-22 slices

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Cook: 25 mins

Prep 40 mins + 1 hr 15 mins -1 hr 45 mins rising

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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85g raisin
50g dried cranberry

plus extra to decorate
100g carton mixed peel
4 tbsp dark rum
550g strong white bread flour
2 x 7g sachets easy-bake yeast
50g golden caster sugar
pinch nutmeg
zest 1 lemon
85g butter

cut into pieces
250ml milk
1 egg

beaten, plus extra beaten egg to glaze
50g pistachio

peeled and chopped, plus extra, sliced, to decorate
300g marzipan

(bought or homemade)
100g fondant icing sugar
holly

sprig, to decorate

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Nutrition: per slice (for 20)

kcal292
fat9g
saturates3g
carbs49g
sugars28g
fibre0g
protein6g
salt0.28g

low

Method

step 1

Mix the raisins, cranberries and mixed peel in a bowl, pour over the rum, then leave to soak while you make the dough. Tip the flour into a large bowl and stir in ½ tsp salt, the yeast, sugar, nutmeg and lemon zest. Rub the butter in until the mix is like fine crumbs. Warm the milk to hand-hot, then mix into the egg. Pour the milk into the flour mix, then stir with a round-bladed knife to make a soft dough, adding a drop more milk if needed to mop up any dry crumbs in the bottom of the bowl. Gather the dough into a ball, then knead for 3-4 mins on a lightly floured surface. Put the dough into a lightly oiled bowl, cover with cling film and leave until the dough has risen to double the size (about 45 mins-1 hr).
step 2

Knead the dough 2 or 3 times, then roll out to a rectangle about 37cm x 17cm. Stir the chopped pistachios into the soaked fruits, then spread one-third of the fruit mix down the centre of the dough, leaving all the edges uncovered. Fold each side into the centre to overlap slightly. Press the edges with the rolling pin to seal, turn the dough, then repeat the rolling out and spreading of the fruit twice more. Roll out to a final rectangle that is 55cm x 16cm. Roll the marzipan into a sausage shape, so it’s slightly shorter than the length of the dough. Place it down the centre. Roll the dough over the marzipan, then turn the dough over so the join is underneath. Lift onto a buttered baking sheet, then curl the dough round a buttered 12cm round cake tin (see tip, below), brushing the ends with a little beaten egg and pinching them well together to seal.
step 3

Cover and leave to rise for 30-45 mins or until puffy and doubled in size. Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/ gas 5. When the dough has doubled, brush with beaten egg and bake for about 25 mins until golden. Cool on the baking sheet briefly, then transfer to a wire rack.
step 4

Make up the icing. Stir 2-3 tsp water into the fondant icing sugar and, when the stollen has cooled, drizzle the icing over. Scatter over the extra cranberries and pistachios and decorate with holly.

RECIPE TIPS

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If you don't have a 12cm round cake tin for making the central hole in the stollen, use an 800g empty clean food can (the hole will be slightly smaller).

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2008

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