Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, apricot couronne. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Apricot Couronne is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Apricot Couronne is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook apricot couronne using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Apricot Couronne:
- Get 9 oz strong white bread flour
- Take 1 sachet dried yeast
- Make ready 1 tsp salt
- Make ready 1 beaten egg
- Make ready 3 fl oz warm milk
- Prepare 1.5 oz soft butter plus another 3 oz
- Make ready 2.5 oz light brown sugar
- Prepare 2.5 oz raisins or sultanas
- Take 4 oz dried apricots, chopped & soaked in juice of 1 orange
- Make ready 2 oz chopped walnuts
- Make ready Grated zest of 1 orange
- Get 1.5 oz plain flour
- Get Apricot jam or marmalade
- Take Flaked toasted almonds
- Get 7 oz icing sugar
Steps to make Apricot Couronne:
- Mix together the flour, beaten egg, 1.5 oz butter, milk salt & yeast in a bowl, then transfer to a working surface. Knead for about 10 minutes until a soft smooth dough is formed…it will be sticky at first, but persist!!
- Cover the bowl with a large plastic bag and leave to prove until doubled in size..depending on the temperature, this takes a bit more than an hour…make sure the milk is just blood heat.
- Beat together the butter and sugar then stir in the zest of the orange and chopped walnuts with the flour then add the drained apricots.
- Turn the risen dough on to the work surface and carefully roll out to a rectangle about 13 x10 inches. Spread the filling over and roll up tightly along the longest edge to make a long sausage. Using scissors, cut along the length of the roll until there's 1cm left…twist the two lengths together to form a rope then form a circle, arranging the two ends neatly…transfer to a large baking sheet.
- Cover with the same plastic bag, and prove for a further 45 minutes, set the oven to 200 degrees c…bake for 25 minutes until golden brown & cooked…make up some glacé icing with the icing sugar & lemon juice… finish the couronne with a glaze made with some sieved jam or marmalade, brushing it lightly over the surface…then zig zag icing over the entire top…then scatter the almonds….enjoy!!
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