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Chocolate and pecan bread ring

Serves: 16

2011-10-31

Ingredients

For the dough

  • 600g strong flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 60g butter, softened
  • zest of a lemon & orange
  • 11g sachet dried yeast
  • 350ml warm milk

For the filling

  • 60g butter, melted
  • 100g pecan nuts, chopped
  • 100g chocolate chips
  • 2 tbsp demerara sugar
  • 1 tsp ground coriander

To decorate

  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 2 tsp instant coffee
  • 3 tbsp icing sugar
  • hot water
  • 1 tbsp demerara sugar
  • extra pecan nuts to decorate

Method

To make the dough, put the flour, salt, sugar and butter in a large bowl and rub together till the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add in the zest, yeast and warm milk and mix to a soft dough. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead for 4 minutes till smooth. Place the dough into a floured bowl, cover with plastic and leave to rise till double in size for an hour. Knock back the dough and roll out to a rectangle 50cm x 20cm.Brush all over with ½ of the melted butter and sprinkle over the chopped pecan nuts, chocolate chips, demerara sugar and ground coriander. Tightly roll up from top to bottom and tuck the 2 ends together to form a ring. Place the bread ring o a greased baking sheet, and brush all over with the remaining butter. Cut slits all around the outer edge of the ring with a sharp knife. Cover with plastic and leave to rise again till double in size. Bake in the oven for 35-40 minutes at 210`c till golden brown. Immediately warm the honey and brush all over the bread ring to glaze. In a small bowl, mix the instant coffee and icing sugar together with a little hot water to make a glace` icing ,and drip all over the bread ring to decorate. Place some pecan halves on top, and finally sprinkle over the Demerara sugar. Serve the chocolate and pecan bread ring warm or cold.
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Qagħqa tal-ħobż biċ-ċikkulata u l-ġewż pekan

Ingredients

Għall-għaġina

  • 600g strong flour
  • ½ kuċċarina melħ
  • 2 mgħaref zokkor
  • 60g butir imrattab
  • qoxra ta’ lumija u ta’ larinġa maħkuka
  • pakkett żgħir ħmira (11g)
  • 350ml ħalib sħun

Għall-mili

  • 60g butir, imdewweb
  • 100g ġewż pekan imfarrak 100g frak taċ-ċikkulata
  • 2 mgħaref zokkor demerara
  • kuċċarina kosbor mitħun

Biex iżżejjen

  • 2 mgħaref għasel
  • 2 kuċċarini trab tal-kafè; 3 mgħaref zokkor tal-ġelu (icing sugar)
  • ftit misħun
  • mgħarfa zokkor demerara
  • ġewż pekan biex iżżejjen

Method

Biex tagħmel l-għaġina, itfa’ d-dqiq, il-melħ, iz-zokkor u l-butir fi skutella kbira u agħġinhom flimkien sakemm it-taħlita tiġi qisha frak tal-ħobż. Żid il-qxur maħkuk, il-ħmira u l-ħalib u ħawwad biex tifforma għaġina ratba. Iftaħha fuq wiċċ miksi bid-dqiq u ħaddimha għal madwar 4 minuti sakemm ma tibqax imrammla. Poġġi l-għaġina fi skutella miksija bid-dqiq, għattiha bil-plastik u ħalliha għal siegħa sakemm togħla u tirdoppja fid-daqs. Erġa’ ħaddem l-għaġina u iftaħha f’forma kwadra ta’ 50ċm b’20ċm. Idlikha b’nofs il-butir imdewweb u ferrex il-frak tal-ġewż pekan, il-frak taċ-ċikkulata, iz-zokkor u l-kosbor mitħun. Rembel l-għaġina minn fuq għal isfel u għaqqad it-truf ma’ xulxin biex tifforma qagħqa. Poġġiha fuq tilar midluk u idlikha bil-butir li jkun fadal. B’sikkina tajba, agħmel xquq żgħar fil-wiċċ. Għatti l-għaġina bil-plastik u ħalliha togħla biex tirdoppja fid-daqs. Aħmi għal madwar 35-40 minuta f’temperatura ta’ 210oC sakemm tiħmar. Xħin tkun lesta, saħħan l-għasel u iksi l-qagħqa bih biex tiġi tleqq. Fi skutella żgħira, ħallat it-trab tal-kafè, iz-zokkor u ftit misħun biex tagħmel il-ġelu. Xerrdu mal-wiċċ. Poġġi ftit nofsijiet tal-ġewż pekan fil-wiċċ u fl-aħħar ferrex ftit zokkor. Servi l-qagħqa sħuna jew kiesħa.

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