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Marzipan stollen

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500 g flour

170 g butter

80 g + 1 tablespoon caster sugar 

50 g fresh yeast 

200 ml milk

1 tablespoon lemon juice 

pinch of salt 

100 g almonds

150 g candies mango (or other candied fruit)

100 g prunes

3x150 g (or somewhat less) blocks of marzipan

50 g butter for topping

caster sugar for topping

Discovering with my friend, Andi, that a ready-made stollen is small, but very expensive triggered the decision to bake one myself :). Accidentally I've found a recipe that I had typed in a forum about two years ago (a good sign for the project! :) ). Mix the milk with the tablespoon of caster sugar and heat it in the microwave for about a minute (it should be warm, but not hot). Crumble the yeast into the milk and wait until it rises. Meanwhile mix the flour, the caster sugar, the pinch of salt, the lemon juice and the butter, work them out well. Add the yeast-milk mixture, knead a nice dough. Let it rise for about 45 minutes. Chop the almonds, the mango, the prunes and add to the risen dough. Divide it to three pieces. Roll out each piece to a 20x40 cm rectangle. Roll a block of marzipan to 40 cm length and place it on the middle of a rectangle. Fold the dough on the marzipan from both sides, seal the ends, then turn it around and place it on a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Repeat with the other two rectangles as well, so the result should be three nice loafs. Leave them to rise a bit more, for about 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 160 C and bake them for approximately 40 minutes. Leave them to cool, then spread them with the melted butter and sprinkle a lot of caster sugar on top.   

The recipe is from a Hungarian culinary magazine, probably Kiskegyed Konyhája, but I don't remember clearly. 

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