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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.

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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.