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Easter Sweet Bread Tsoureki

Ingredients:
 10000 g Flour Super Rex
 3000 g Sugar
 2000 g Eggs (or 40 Eggs)
 1000 g Milk
 500 g Butter
 500 g Margarine
 700 g Yeast
 50 g Salt
 ≈ 2500 g Water
 30 g Mastic
 50 g Mahlepi
 20 g Garden Cress
Preparation:
1

Dissolve the yeast with the milk.

2

Add the flour and mix to create a slight thicker batter.

3

Let it for 30 minutes in a warm place to develop the yeast.

4

Melt the butter in the oven.

Procedure:
5

Add the flour, the sugar, the flavors and the salt into the mixer and put it on operation to mix well.

6

While mixing add the melted butter and the margarine. After a while add the eggs, the batter and mix for 10 minutes at slow speed and for 10 minutes fast to develop a smooth dough.

7

Let it rest for 20 minutes.

8

Cut, mold to rolls and proof at 35° C with 60% humidity to avoid spread, for 60-120’.

9

Bake at 170° C for 35’ (approx.).

Notice:
10

If we want a tighter dough we can increase the quantity of Super REX and decrease the amount of fat, respectively,