Poschweck is a traditional Easter bread from Aachen.
Total Time1hr45mins
Course: pastries
Cuisine: Westphalia
Keyword: sweet
Schwierigkeit: Experienced
Servings: 1bread
Ingredients
750gwheat flour
375mllukewarm milk
125gsoft butter
3eggs
60gsugar
60gfresh yeast
50gorangeat
50gcitronate
50grock candy or sugar cubes
butter
Flaked almonds to taste
Instructions
Let the yeast rise with milk and 1 teaspoon sugar for 10 minutes.
Knead the flour with the butter, eggs, sugar and the yeast mixture. Add the orange peel, lemon peel and rock candy.
Shape everything into an elongated loaf of bread. If necessary, add a little more flour. Make an oblong cut along the entire length in the middle. Let rise for another 30 minutes.
In the meantime, preheat the oven to 200 ° C.
Place the bread on a baking sheet with baking paper and bake for 50 to 60 minutes. Then remove from the oven, brush with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar or flaked almonds.
Tipps & Hinweise
If you don't like it so sweet, leave out sugar and almonds after baking.