Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, vasilopita croissant. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Vasilopita croissant is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Vasilopita croissant is something which I have loved my whole life.
Eating vasilopita is a Greek Christian tradition that celebrates St. Basil's Day, or New Year's Day, but similar traditions are present throughout Eastern Europe. It's traditionally sliced into at midnight at the New Year and served to each member of the family in order of age, starting with the eldest.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook vasilopita croissant using 12 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Vasilopita croissant:
- Get 3 1/2 cups flour
- Prepare 2 tbsp dry yeast
- Prepare 1/3 cup sugar
- Get 1 tsp salt
- Take 1 cup lukewarm milk
- Make ready 2 tbsp melted butter
- Get 2 eggs
- Make ready 1/2 cup sugar
- Prepare 1 tbsp cinnamon
- Take 1/2 cup candied cherries, cut
- Make ready 1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely cut
- Get 1/3 cup soft butter
This is a vasilopita (New Year's bread or cake) that looks perfect!!! Vasilopita - Greek Saint Basil's New Year's Cake. A very traditional Greek Cake that celebrates the life of Saint Basil. Usually served at New Year, it is quick and delicious at any time.
Instructions to make Vasilopita croissant:
- Mix the flour with the yeast, the sugar and the salt in a large bowl.
- Make a well in the center and add the lukewarm milk, one egg and the yolk of the second egg.
- Knead by pulling in the flour from the sides, little by little
- Until you have a soft dough.
- Cover the dough and leave it to rest for 5'.
- In the meantime, mix the sugar, cinnamon, cherries and walnuts in a bowl. Set them aside.
- Divide the dough into 3 equal parts.
- Roll out each part into a thick sheet of 30 cm diameter.
- Place the first sheet into a non-stick backing tray. Spread half of the soft butter onto its surface and sprinkle with half of the walnut mixture.
- Now place the second sheet, spread the rest of the butter on it and sprinkle with the remaining walnut mixture.
- Top with the third sheet and place a small plate of 5 cm diameter on its center (in the photo it's a cookie cutter of that particular diameter).
- Using a sharp knife cut 16 pieces, starting from the plate towards the circumferance.
- Remove the small plate.
- Twist each piece, spirally, turning it 3 times.
- Cover with plastic wrap and leave it to rise for 15-40 minutes or as much as it takes until it doubles.
- Beat the egg white lightly with a tsp of sugar and brush the top of the vasilopita.
- Bake at 180°C for about 25 minutes until golden brown. When it cools, decorate the center with sweet cherries.
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