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Eating Passover on Easter is an important aspect of the traditions and celebration of the holiday. Today you will learn how to prepare a delicious paska with candied fruit.
Paska is a special dish that is traditionally served on the festive table during Easter. It goes well with various fillings. Try it with butter, honey, cooked pastry cream, jam or syrup. Any of these applications will perfectly complement your dish, and the editors of the Good News website will help you prepare the best pascha for Easter in 2024:
- 500 g of flour;
- 100 g of sugar;
- 100 ml of warm milk;
- 100 g of butter;
- 3 eggs;
- 10 g of dry yeast;
- 100 g of candied fruit (you can take different colors for a better effect);
- 1 lemon (peel);
- 1 tsp salt;
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract (optional);
- 50 g of large sugar crystals (for decoration, optional).
Rub yeast with 1 teaspoon of sugar in warm milk and leave for 10-15 minutes until foam appears. In a large bowl, mix the flour with the remaining sugar, salt and lemon zest. Add melted butter and eggs, mix well. Add diluted yeast and milk to the flour and knead a soft dough.
Add the candied fruit and vanilla extract (optional) and continue mixing until the candied fruit is evenly distributed throughout the batter. Cover the bowl with the dough with cheesecloth or a napkin and leave it for 1-1,5 hours for the dough to rise and double in size. Transfer the dough to a wooden board, divide it into two parts and form balls. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Put the dough balls in the molds for strips or just on the baking plate.
Make cross-shaped incisions on the top of each strip and decorate each of them with sugar crystals. Bake the pastries for about 30-35 minutes or until golden. Remove them from the oven and let them cool slightly before serving. Enjoy your Candied Paskas!
