Tsoureki - Greek Easter Bread Recipe

The third bread recipe I made in preparation for Easter was Tsoureki. It was really yummy. If you're going to freeze it bake it without the egg. The red egg (in case you were wondering) represents the blood of Christ. Okay, so mine turned out pink because red food colouring doesn't do the trick, but you can purchase good quality red dyes if you want to make your eggs really red. Like my hot cross buns, the Tsoureki recipe called for nuts (this time on top) but I forgot to bring them to my mom's house and she didn't have any on hand. Once you add the glaze, add the sliced almonds on top before continuing to bake. Our friend Pavlina sprinkles her Easter bread with sesame seeds and bakes it in a loaf pan. I sampled hers over the weekend and I do like the flavour the seeds add. One other thing I did was use blood orange instead of a regular orange. Use what you've got (or what your mom's got). The glaze from the original recipe wasn't enough to coat both of my loaves so I had to double it. I may have let it thicken more than I was supposed to.



  



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