Fruity Easter traditions

Even though Easter is mostly associated with eggs GoFruit! has managed to track down a fruit recipe; the British ‘hot cross bun.’ These are, as the name implies, buns with a symbolic cross on top, which can be made out of pastry or with icing. Eat on Good Friday and, according to superstition, if you share one with a friend you will have ensured one more year of friendship. Just remember to say the magic words: Half for you and half for me, Between us two shall goodwill be.

 

Happy Easter!

 

Ingredients (12 buns)

 

Dough:

625 g flour

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoon spices (for example a mixture of ground cinnamon, clove and nutmeg)

45 g unsalted butter

85 g sugar

Grated rind of 1 small organic lemon

Grated rind of 1 small organic orange

7 g dried yeast or 15 g fresh yeast

1 egg

275 ml milk

125 g dried fruit (for example raisins, cranberries, glacé cherries and/or apricots)

 

Pastry:

80 g flour

2 tablespoon sugar

3 tablespoon milk

Syrup for glace

 

Method

 

Dough:

Melt the butter in a pan and add milk. When the mixture is about 30 degrees dissolve the yeast in it. Add the rest of the ingredients except flour. Stir well and then gradually add the flour and knead until the dough is smooth. Leave the dough to rise for 1 hour, then form 12 equally sized buns and put them on a baking tray with baking paper. Leave to rise for about 30 minutes.

 

Pastry:

Start preparing the pastry 5 minutes before the buns have risen. Mix all paste ingredients thoroughly and pour into a plastic bag. Snip off one corner and draw a cross on each bun.

Bake at 180 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Brush with syrup as soon as you have taken the buns out of the oven. 

Serve warm with butter.

   

Comments

[Healthy Foods Blog]

Hi GoFruit! Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe. I gotta try this one this weekend for the get together with my college friends.

By the way, also, thanks for the magic words. I'll keep that in mind! ;)

More power GGoFruit!

- Tera