Yeast Plait Recipe, a fine Bread not only for Easter
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Thomas Sixt is a chef, food photographer, cookbook author and blogger.
Here he shares recipes, answers cooking questions and helps with cooking.
My Yeast Plait Recipe I present to you in this article. The yeast pastry is not only the classic at Easter but can sweeten every breakfast on Sunday.
A fine classic Easter plait need not hide behind any French brioche. I love my yeast pastry with butter and homemade jam. That’s how I like to start my weekends in a relaxed manner.
My step by step instructions for the great pastry will guide you to the perfect result. Have fun baking and good luck!
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1. Recipe Yeast Plait
Yeast Plait
Baked, photographed and written down by chef Thomas Sixt.
Simple tutorial for the preparation of yeast plait.
Ingredients
| 500 | g | flour (type 405 or 505) |
| 30 | g | fresh yeast (or 1 packet of dry yeast) |
| 70 | g | Sugar |
| 200 | ml | lukewarm milk |
| 70 | g | soft butter |
| 5 | g | Salt |
| 2 | pc | eggs |
| 1 | pc | egg yolk (to coat) |
| 1 | packet | vanilla sugar |
| some | lemon peel abrasion (from an organic lemon) |
Instruction
Prepare dough
Sift the flour fresh into a mixing bowl with a flour sifter.
Press a depression into the flour.
Crumble the fresh yeast into the hollow or add it as powder.
Add a part of the lukewarm milk.
Let it ferment for 10 minutes.
Knead dough
Then knead the dough with a mixer and dough hooks starting from the flour cooler with the dissolved yeast.
Add the other ingredients to the dough:
–> soft or liquid butter,
–> the rest of the milk,
–> sugar, two eggs,
–> vanilla sugar, salt and
–> lemon grated.
Work well in the mixing bowl with the dough hooks.
Let dough rest
Stir until a smooth dough is formed, which beats bubbles and comes away easily from the bowl wall.
Leave the dough to rest for a good 15 minutes in a warm place, covered.
Process dough
After the dough has rested, use a dough card to divide the dough into three equal parts.
Roll these parts into strands of a good 2 cm thickness by hand on the kitchen board.
Form plait
Glue the ends of the three strands by pressing them together.
Preheat oven
Braid a suitable braid and finish off well at the ends and place on a baking tray on baking paper.
Preheat the oven at 175-200° C.
Let yeast plait rise
Leave the finished plait to stand for another 15 minutes in a warm place.
Spread yeast plait
Spread a whisked egg yolk on the plait with a baking brush.
Bake and Serve
Bake the plait for about 35 minutes.
Let it cool down.
Then cut open and enjoy!
Video
My Tip:
- Sprinkle the Easter plait with granulated sugar before baking.
- If you like, you can add 150g raisins to the dough.
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3. Tips for Baking Yeast Plait
I have summarized the most important tips for you here:
- The yeast dough has a high proportion of flour. By adding yeast, the dough is loosened.
- The added milk strengthens the adhesive effect of the dough and makes the braid nice and soft inside.
- The soft or liquid butter we add makes the sweet bread moist.
- The eggs make the Easter plait tastier and conjures up the golden-yellow color in our pastry.
- The final brushing with egg yolk before baking makes our plait shine.
- All ingredients should be kept at a good temperature so that the yeast finds the necessary temperature for fermentation.
- Sift the flour before using it and make a well.
- Fresh yeast is best dissolved in lukewarm milk crumbled in the flour.
- You should knead your dough until it bubbles or comes away from the bowl.
- When you touch the dough, it should feel smooth and soft.
- Let your dough rest in a warm place at least twice for 15-20 minutes.
- I always put the dough in the oven, light on or temperature at 30°C.
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