"All souls'day sweet bread"

Ingredients

 

• 250 gr. flour
• 25 gr yeast dissolved in a little warm milk
• 50 gr. sugar
• sultanina raisins or currants (as you like)
• a pinch of salt
• 3 eggs
• 50 gr. butter
• a handful of walnuts, a handful of almonds, a handful of pinenuts.

 

On a wodden work surface, make a mound of the flour with a crater in the centre into which add the yeast, sugar, salt, 2 eggs, butter and raisins or currants.

Mix well, then put in a bowl and let rise for 2-3 hours.

Then roll out the dough on a baking sheet and let it rise again for about an hour.

Next cover the dough with the nuts and brush with a mixture of a beaten egg and a little sugar.

Bake at 200° for aproximately 30 minutes.

Recipe taken from "Traditional recipes of Romagna cuisine"  Raffaelli Editore