Christopsomo & Kouloura Recipe
1 kg flour 30 g fresh yeast or 1 tablespoon dried yeast 120 ml warm water 480 ml warm red wine 150 g currants, 150 g raisins, 150 g walnuts, roughly chopped, 50 g pine nuts peel of 1 orange, finely chopped, peel of 1 tangerine, finely chopped 400 g sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 120 ml olive oil 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon powdered cloves
For the decoration sesame seeds whole walnuts sugar
Place the flour in a large bowl and make a well in the centre. Put the yeast in a glass with the warm water and leave for a few minutes. Stir the yeast and water until the yeast melts and then pour it into the flour together with the warm wine. Mix and knead well. Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for about 1 1/2 hours. Then mix in the rest of the ingredients.
Check that you understand what these words mean in this document Well: a deep opening. To stir: to move something in a pot round and round. To knead: to press and shape. Ingredients: foods used with other foods in the preparation of a particular dish.
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