Carrot kulich

Kulich, a traditional Slavic bread, is one of the main symbols of Easter. We suggest stepping away from the traditional notion of kulich and making it spiced, juicy and pie-like!

INGREDIENTS FOR 2 KULICHES

Orange – 1 pc. Carrots – 140 g. Eggs – 2 pcs. Brown sugar – 180 g. Flour – 180 g. Vanilla sugar – 10 g. Baking soda – 1 tsp. Baking powder – 5 g. Nutmeg – ¼ tsp. Cinnamon – ½ tsp. Milk – 120 ml. Butter – 100 g. Candied fruit – 100 g. Walnuts – 30 g. Cashews – 30 g. Mascarpone cheese – 250 g. Powdered sugar – 50 g. Colored sprinkles for decoration, décor

Take out the milk, eggs and butter in advance; the butter should become soft. Grate the orange zest; important: the white part will be bitter, so it is better to remove only the orange part. Mix the zest with the sugar. Peel the carrots and grate them on a fine grater, or chop them in a blender. Crack the eggs (2 pcs.) into a mixing bowl, add the sugar with zest and beat until slightly foamy. Mix all the dry ingredients in another bowl: flour, vanilla sugar, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and cinnamon. Combine the dry ingredients with the eggs, sugar and zest, then stir.

Next, add the soft butter and stir. Then pour in the milk and stir until smooth. Now add the candied fruit (e.g., dried papaya) and stir. At this stage, you can divide the dough in half and make slightly different fillings. Add cashews to one kulich and chopped walnuts to the other. Cut parchment circles the diameter of the bottom of each pan. Line the bottom with parchment and grease the sides of the pans with butter; you can also dust them lightly with flour. Divide the dough among the pans and bake in a preheated oven at 160°C for 50–70 min. Check doneness with a skewer; it should come out without crumbs. Let the baked kuliches cool completely on a wire rack. Now the cream. Mix the mascarpone cheese with the powdered sugar until smooth. Spread over the tops of the kuliches and decorate to your taste.

Enjoy your meal! And Happy Easter!

P.S.: You can use any other nuts or candied fruit—whatever you like. For decoration, glazed candies, marshmallows, cookies, candied fruit or nuts will work.

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