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If you are a lover of bread and nuts separately, then you will surely love beerawecka. This original recipe from the Alsace region of Jewish origin is a kind of bread of dried fruits and candied fruits that is usually eaten at Christmas time, also in other regions of Italy, Switzerland or Germany. For you to try it at home, we leave you the beerawecka recipe step by step, it’s super simple!
Beerawecka recipe
Ingredients:
- 250 g flour
- 275 g sugar
- 12 g yeast
- 30 g butter
- 15 cl milk
- 1 pinch of salt
- 200 g dried pears (you can also add dried apples and plums)
- 200 g dried figs
- 150 g raisins
- 75 g walnut kernels
- 100 g peeled almonds
- 1 lemon
- Half a teaspoon of cinnamon
- A little aniseed
Preparation:
- First you have to prepare the fruits. Soak them and soak them in hot water for a couple of hours. Also grate the lemon.
- Drain the fruits and cut them.
- Add everything in a bowl with the zest, raisins, cinnamon, ground aniseed and 100 g of sugar. Mix and let stand for half a day.
- Then it is time to prepare the dough. Put the yeast in a bowl with a little flour and a little warm milk. Mix well until it forms a ball.
- Cover with a kitchen towel and let it ferment in a warm place until it doubles in size.
- When it doubles in size, pour into a bowl the remaining flour along with 25 g of sugar and the pinch of salt. Stir in the butter and sourdough until the dough comes away from the bowl (you can add a little more flour if necessary).
- Cover again with a kitchen towel and leave to ferment for 1 hour in a warm place.
- Boil about 10 cl of water and pour the remaining 150 g of sugar for 5 minutes. Stir and let the syrup cool.
- Grind the walnuts and two thirds of the almonds. Put them in the bowl with the dough and the marinated fruit. Knead until everything is well integrated.
- Form pieces of about 20 cm. Place them on a baking sheet (previously lined). Then spread with the cold syrup and decorate with the remaining almonds. Let stand for a couple of hours.
- Preheat the oven to 180° C and bake for about 45 minutes.