Ingredients
1400g hard flour (or high gluten flour)
400g milk
200g eggs
100g butter
20g mahlep
4g mastic crystals
55g yeast
1/4qt orange’s zest
20g metaxa
280g sugar
2g salt
Method
1. Mix all dry ingredients
2. Smash the orange zest with sugar to create a paste.
3. Add paste, milk and eggs to the dry ingredients
4. Add cold butter in cubes, mix it for a while until the dough becomes elastic.
5. Leave it to rise. Then mix it again very slowly
6. Rest for an hour covered. Cut the dough as desired.
7. Braid or form the dough as preferred. Let rise again until it rises. Paint with egg wash. Bake for 20 minutes at 180°c or 30 minutes at 170°c.
