Christopsomo full of flavors!
Christopsomo full of flavors!

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See great recipes for Christopsomo full of flavors!, Christopsomo, loaf too! Christopsomo (Christ's Bread) is the traditional Greek Anise flavored Christmas Bread. Baking a Christopsomo is considered a religious task in an Orthodox Greek household.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook christopsomo full of flavors! using 20 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Christopsomo full of flavors!:
  1. Get 600 g strong flour
  2. Get 300 g cake flour
  3. Take 200 g wholemeal flour
  4. Make ready 120 g sheep's yoghurt with the skin
  5. Take 2 full tbsp  honey
  6. Make ready 60 g fresh yeast
  7. Take 2 cups lukewarm water
  8. Make ready 1 tbsp salt
  9. Prepare 1 tbsp pimento, powder
  10. Prepare 1 tbsp nutmeg, powder
  11. Make ready 1/2 tsp anise
  12. Make ready zest of 1 orange
  13. Get 120 g finely chopped walnuts
  14. Get lukewarm water as much as the dough takes
  15. Prepare For decorating
  16. Prepare 80 g whole blanched almonds
  17. Get cloves plenty of
  18. Take sesame seeds
  19. Make ready 1 shelled walnut
  20. Take 1 egg yolk and a little milk for brushing the top

This bread is full of exciting flavors such as cardamom and cloves. Cauliflower stifado. Δημοφιλέστερες Ειδήσεις Sintages Pareas. Making Christopsomo (Christ's Bread) is considered a sacred undertaking. Christopsomo, or Christ's Bread, is considered a sacred tradition in many Greek Orthodox homes and the care with which it is made is said to ensure the well-being of the home in the year to come.

Steps to make Christopsomo full of flavors!:
  1. Crumble the yeast in a bowl and add the honey. Add the lukewarm water and stir until they dissolve. Let the mixture foam for 10 minutes.
  2. Uisng another bowl, mix all the flours (sifted), add the powdered spices except the walnuts and the zest. Make a well and add the yoghurt and the yeast mixture. Mix. Dissolve the salt in the lukewarm water that you will need for the dough. Add it gradually until you have a pliable dough that doesn't stick to your hands. At this point add the finely chopped walnuts and the zest.
  3. Knead your dough for 10 minutes.
  4. Leave it to rest in an oiled bowl at a warm place for one hour and a half until it rises. Then knead lightly, keep a piece of the dough the size of an apple and after you form the dough into a round loaf place it on oiled greaseproof paper (I suggest that you use a round baking tray) and start decorating. Using the piece of dough that you set aside, make two strings and form a large cross on the top and if you like, make patterns like leaves or birds. Push in the almonds and cloves. Place the shelled walnut at the center of the cross. Set it aside once more, in a warm place in order to rise, for about an hour.
  5. When the hour passes brush the top with the egg yolk-milk, sprinkle with sesame seeds and bake at 160°C using the upper and lower heating elements on the last rack for 50 minutes to one hour.

In Greece, the Christmas fast is broken on Christmas Eve with Christopsomo, or the "bread of Christ." This round loaf draws its distinctive licorice-like flavor from mastic gum, the dried resin of a Mediterranean tree. After the dough rises, it is coiled. Christopsomo is a cake that is typically served on Christmas Day in Greece. Preparing this bread as a Christmas treat is something that is said to help bring about the health and well being of all members of the household into the coming year. However, in order for this to hold true, only the best, most.

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