Recipe of Ultimate Sig's Fine German Christmas Stollen with Marzipan

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The same holds true for lunches when we often add to your can of soup or box of macaroni and cheese or any other such product instead of putting our creative efforts into producing an instant and easy yet delicious lunch. You will notice many thoughts in this guide and the hope is that these thoughts won't only enable you to get off to a excellent beginning for finishing the lunch R-UT most of us seem to find ourselves at at a certain time or another but also to use new things on your own.

The good thing is that after you've learned the basics of cooking it's unlikely you will ever have to relearn them. Which means that you can constantly build up and expand your own cooking abilities. As you know new recipes and better your culinary skills and talents you will discover that preparing your own meals from scratch is a whole lot more rewarding than preparing pre packaged meals which can be purchased from the shelves of your local supermarkets.

Many things affect the quality of taste from Sig's Fine German Christmas Stollen with Marzipan, starting from the type of ingredients, then the selection of fresh ingredients, the ability to cut dishes to how to make and serve them. Don't worry if you want to prepare Sig's Fine German Christmas Stollen with Marzipan delicious at home, because if you already know the trick then this dish can be used as an extraordinary special treat.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have Sig's Fine German Christmas Stollen with Marzipan using 18 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

I am German and this is how my grandmother and my mother both made stollen. There is no messing with yeast and this one does not need to rest for weeks, but can if you want it to, if you wrap it in tinfoil and store it in a very cold room or place, but not the fridge . Both my mother and grandmother have passed over so I am keeping up a tradition for me .

Ingredients and spices that need to be Make ready to make Sig's Fine German Christmas Stollen with Marzipan:

1. 75 grams mixed raisins and sultanas
2. 50 ml liqueur, I use cherry brandy but any fruit liqueur will do.
3. 30 grams finely chopped hazelnuts
4. 30 grams ground almonds
5. 250 grams all-purpose flour (plain) flour
6. 2 tsp baking powder (not baking soda)
7. 50 grams candid orange or mixed peel
8. 2 tbsp candied cherries finely chopped , optional
9. 75 grams soft butter
10. 75 grams caster ( superfine ) sugar
11. 2 small or 1 large egg
12. 1 tsp vanilla extract
13. 1/2 tsp Orange blossom or orange extract
14. 1/4 tsp rum aroma (flavouring)
15. 135 grams best German quark if you can get it , if not any quark will do but let it drain well in any case. If you can't get quark use mascarpone or any similar soft cheese
16. 50 grams or more marzipan, I use brandy marzipan ,but any will do , optional
17. 2 tbsp butter, melted for brushing
18. 50 grams icing sugar for dusting

Instructions to make to make Sig's Fine German Christmas Stollen with Marzipan

1. Soak your raisins and sultanas in your chosen liqueur, set aside, for about 30 minutes
2. Preheat oven to 180C
3. In a smallish bowl mix your flour and baking powder well. Add the chopped hazelnuts and the ground almond.
4. Add the orange peel, cherries( if using ) and soaked sultanas and raisins without the soaking liqueur, set the liquid aside .Stir the flour/fruit and nut mixture thoroughly.
5. In a larger bowl whisk the softened butter with the sugar, add the eggs whisk until light and creamy
6. Add the flavourings, vanilla,orange blossom and rum aroma. Then add the quark. Stir thoroughly.
7. Add the flour/fruit and nut mixture to the butter/egg mixture a spoon at a time. Until almost all gone, pour in half of the soaking liquid, then add the remainder of the flour mixture ensuring it gets well combined.
8. If it is to wet add a little extra flour.Flour a table or cake board and flatten the dough into a oval shape this dough is not pliable it is more loose but you can still get hold of it in one go .
9. If you are using the marzipan, roll it about little finger width size into a sausage shape that is almost as long as the oval shape and lay it onto the dough about two thirds up . Now roll the smaller top over the marzipan and fold onto the Lower part. Make sure the marzipan is folded in well or it may run .The loaf should be a little thicker at one end as it is meant to resemble a sleeping baby. Slightly curve the loaf . Carefully move onto your flat baking tray.
10. Cover lightly with baking or parchment paper or use a thin silicone liner put into oven and bake for about 45 minutes.
11. Immediately after the Stollen comes out of the oven brush it with the 2 tablespoons of butter all over and leave to cool. When cooled down dust with icing sugar .
12. This can be made up to about 6 -8 weeks ahead to achieve a so called ripening, if you do , wrap the Stollen securely into tinfoil and keep in a very cold room or space, we put it in the garage , but not the fridge, because of moist and odour from other food items
13. This Stollen is good to eat from day one of you like

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