Name: Christmas stollen with almonds & marzipan
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 100g mixed dried fruit with peel -; 180ml apple juice -; 7g dried yeast -; 250g plain flour , plus a little extra for dusting -; 30g blanched whole almonds -; generous pinch of ground cinnamon -; generous pinch of ground aniseed or allspice -; small pinch of ground cloves -; 75g cold marzipan , cut into small pieces -; 10g butter , melted -; 1 tbsp icing sugar -

Christmas stollen with almonds & marzipan

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1 hour 25 min.

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Ingredients for - Christmas stollen with almonds & marzipan

1. 100g mixed dried fruit with peel -

2. 180ml apple juice -

3. 7g dried yeast -

4. 250g plain flour , plus a little extra for dusting -

5. 30g blanched whole almonds -

6. generous pinch of ground cinnamon -

7. generous pinch of ground aniseed or allspice -

8. small pinch of ground cloves -

9. 75g cold marzipan , cut into small pieces -

10. 10g butter , melted -

11. 1 tbsp icing sugar -

How to cook deliciously - Christmas stollen with almonds & marzipan

1. Stage

Soak the dried fruit in 100ml of hot water. Gently warm the apple juice for a few mins in a pan, then add the yeast and leave to activate for 10-15 mins (it will start to bubble).

2. Stage

Put the flour in a bowl. Stir in the yeast and apple juice mixture to form a smooth dough, then cover and leave to prove somewhere warm until roughly doubled in size, about 1-2 hrs. You can also put the dough in the fridge to rise slowly overnight.

3. Stage

Drain the fruit and add to the dough along with the nuts, spices and marzipan. Squish everything together, then turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead until the fruit stays in the dough.

4. Stage

Shape the dough into a sausage shape and put it on a baking tray lined with baking parchment. Cover with a clean tea towel and leave to prove somewhere warm for 30 mins–1 hr until it has risen by about a quarter.

5. Stage

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Bake the stollen for 20 mins, then reduce oven to 150C/130C fan/gas 2 and bake for 25-30 mins more until golden brown and firm to the touch.

6. Stage

Remove the stollen from the oven and brush all over with the melted butter. Dust with the icing sugar and leave to cool completely before slicing. Store any remaining stollen, well wrapped, in an airtight container.