Vegan Tsoureki with Chocolate Filling
Easter is coming, and we are all slowly entering the atmosphere of the holidays, which has absolutely to do with the Easter recipes. And what is better than a tsoureki (Greek Sweet Bread)? However, this year, I am here with a brand new recipe for tsoureki filled with chocolate. The ultimate pleasure in this unique festive dessert!
Ingredients
For the pre-ferment:
- 120 ml almond milk
- 15 g granulated sugar
- 15 g flour for tsoureki
- 10 g dry yeast
For the dough:
- 700 g flour for tsoureki
- 800 g dark chocolate spread (400g for each tsoureki)
- 110 ml almond milk
- 150 ml orange juice
- zest of 3 oranges
- 100 ml sunflower oil
- 100 g granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ⅓ tsp mastic (masticha)
- ⅓ tsp cardamom
- ½ tsp mahlep
Instructions
For the pre-ferment:
- Add all the ingredients to a bowl and mix them well with a hand whisk.
- Cover the bowl with a towel and leave the yeast aside for 20 minutes to activate the yeast.
For the dough:
- Add the almond milk, orange juice, sunflower oil, vanilla extract, and salt to a bowl and mix them with a hand whisk.
- Then, beat the mastic, mahlep, and cardamom with a mortar. (If you already have them as powder, you can add them to the mixture)
- Add all the ingredients to the mixer bowl and beat on medium speed for 10 minutes.
- Flour a bowl and put the dough by throwing flour on top.
- Cover the dough and leave it for 1 hour in a warm place to rise.
- Divide the dough into two equal pieces.
- Roll out the dough with a rolling pin and then spread the chocolate spread all over the dough.
- Roll the dough, and with a knife, cut it vertically in two.
- Knit the two strips together and let the chocolate come out on the outside of the bun.
- Close both endings well.
- In a cake form 30x13x7, spread a piece of parchment paper and place the bun inside.
- Follow the same procedure for the other half of the dough.
- Let the buns rise for 30 minutes.
For the coating:
- First, put the milk and molasses in a bowl and mix them well.
- Spread the mixture over the buns with a brush.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and bake for 30 minutes in the air.
- Once they are ready, leave them to cool and then serve.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Extra Tip No1: Milk should be at room temperature.
Extra Tip No2: Instead of molasses, you can use agave syrup.