Eva from Sweet Sins hosts the 6th round of bread baking day. Her challenging theme: shaped breads. I am not very talented in shaping “pretty” breads like Petra aka Cascabel or Breadchick. And my three gentlemen are very picky with the size and the appearance of their bread slices. But I take up the challenge and participate with a 4 strand plait, instead of 3. It was easier than I thought, but I have to work on the technique to get a more even shape.
©Mohnzopf 010
©Mohnzopf mit 6 Strängen 006
©Mohnzopf 009
©Mohnzopf 006
©Mohnzopf 005
©Mohnzopf 004
©Mohnzopf 003
©Mohnzopf 002
©Mohnzopf 001
| -========= | REZKONV-Recipe – RezkonvSuite v1.4  |
| Title: | 4-strand Poppy Seed Plait |
| Categories: | Baking, Bread, Yeast |
| Yield: | 1 Recipe |
Ingredients
| 500 | grams | Wheat flour Type 550 | |
| 1 | teasp. | Salt | |
| 300 | ml | Milk | |
| 40 | grams | Butter | |
| 1 | pack | Dried yeast | |
| 1 | teasp. | Sugar | |
| 2 | tablesp. | Poppy seed, white | |
| H | TOPPING | ||
| Poppy seeds, white | |||
| 1 | Egg yolk, beaten | ||
Source
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Jutta Kürtz Das Brotbackbuch* Verlag Wolfgang Hölker 1975 ISBN 978-3980005838 |
| Edited *RK* 01/15/2008 by | |
| Ulrike Westphal |
Directions
Prepare a soft dough from all ingredients, let rise for 1 hour.
Turn the risen dough on to a floured board, punch to deflate the air bubbles and knead gently for 1-2 minutes. Divide the dough into 4equal pieces and roll each one into a sausage shape.
Plait the 4 pieces over each other, and turn the ends under.
Place the plait on a the prepared baking sheet and leave to prove in a warm place until doubled in volume.
Brush with the beaten egg, sprinkle with poppy seeds and bake in a preheated oven, 200°C for 40 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
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Der Zopf sieht toll aus. Wo bleibt man mit den Enden ab? Werden dir unter geschoben?
REPLY:
Ja, einfach darunterfriemeln, wie man so schön sagt.
I don’t know but that bread looks pretty well shaped to me! Great job on the braid.
I think your shaping skills are pretty good! To get three strands of dough evenly plaited was hard enough for me..;-) Thanks for participating!
Brava!
A four stranded braid! How impressive is that?
The bread looks delicious as well.
-Elizabeth
Great!
Beautiful braid. I love braiding dough (especially for challah). I often find that the trickiest part is getting a braid that is plump in the middle and tapered on the edges. Your challah is gorgeous.
Four strands! Well done, I am very impressed. I have not heard of this before, so I will have to try it myself now.