Paul Hollywood's Sicilian lemon and orange sweet bread recipe
- 400 g (14.1oz) strong white bread flour, plus extra for dusting
- 7 g (0.2oz) salt
- 40 g (1.4oz) caster sugar
- 10 g (0.4oz) fast-action dried yeast
- 120 ml (4.2fl oz) tepid full-fat milk
- 4 medium eggs, at room temperature, lightly whisked
- 100 g (3.5oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus extra for greasing
- 2 lemons and 1 orange, finely grated zest only
- 0.5 lemon, juice only
- 100 g (3.5oz) flaked almonds
- 100 g (3.5oz) mixed candied peel
- 100 g (3.5oz) dried cranberries
- 2 medium egg whites
- 25 g (0.9oz) caster sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
- 25 g (0.9oz) ground almonds
- 50 g (1.8oz) flaked almonds
- Put the flour in a food mixer fitted with a dough hook.
- Add the salt and sugar to one side of the bowl and the yeast to the other.
- Add the milk, eggs and butter, in small pieces.
- Mix on a slow speed for 3 minutes, then on a medium speed for 4 minutes, kneading to a soft, elastic dough.
- Tip the dough into a bowl, cover and leave to rise for 1 hour.
- Grease a 23cm round, deep springform cake tin.
- Mix the lemon and orange zest with the lemon juice, almonds, candied peel and cranberries.
- Add to the risen dough and use your hands to incorporate it well.
- On a lightly floured surface, shape the dough into a ball.
- Put into the prepared tin and place inside a large, roomy plastic bag.
- Leave to prove for 3 hours, until the dough has reached the top of the tin.
- Heat your oven to 200C.
- Bake the sweet bread on the middle shelf of the oven for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, for the topping, in a bowl, stir the egg whites, sugar and ground almonds together to make a paste.
- Take out the bread, spread the almond paste on top (some will run to the sides) and sprinkle with the flaked almonds and a little sugar.
- Lower the oven setting to 180C and bake for a further 20 minutes, covering loosely with foil towards the end of cooking if it appears to be over-browning.
- Leave the sweet bread to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then release the sides of the tin.
- Place the bread on a wire rack to cool completely.
white bread, caster sugar, yeast, milk, eggs, unsalted butter, lemons, almonds, mixed candied peel, cranberries, egg whites, caster sugar, ground almonds, almonds
Taken from www.lovefood.com/guide/recipes/22891/paul-hollywoods-sicilian-lemon-and-orange-sweet-bread (may not work)