Christopsomo full of flavors!
Christopsomo full of flavors!

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Also known as Christ's Bread, Christopsomo is a very important part of a Greek Christmas celebration. This bread is made with walnuts and raisins and is flavored with various Greek spices, and eating it is just as much a tradition as making it. Christospomo tastes just what you would expect Christmas bread to taste like: Christmasy! It's slightly sweet and flavored with things such as anise, mastic, nutmeg, wine, brandy, and all sorts of other delicious things.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have christopsomo full of flavors! using 20 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Christopsomo full of flavors!:
  1. Prepare 600 g strong flour
  2. Make ready 300 g cake flour
  3. Make ready 200 g wholemeal flour
  4. Make ready 120 g sheep's yoghurt with the skin
  5. Make ready 2 full tbsp  honey
  6. Get 60 g fresh yeast
  7. Get 2 cups lukewarm water
  8. Take 1 tbsp salt
  9. Make ready 1 tbsp pimento, powder
  10. Prepare 1 tbsp nutmeg, powder
  11. Take 1/2 tsp anise
  12. Make ready zest of 1 orange
  13. Get 120 g finely chopped walnuts
  14. Prepare lukewarm water as much as the dough takes
  15. Take For decorating
  16. Make ready 80 g whole blanched almonds
  17. Make ready cloves plenty of
  18. Take sesame seeds
  19. Take 1 shelled walnut
  20. Make ready 1 egg yolk and a little milk for brushing the top

In many ways you could also think of this as Greek fruitcake. It is customary to make christopsomo (Greek Christmas decorative bread, the so called "bread of Christ") a couple of days before Christmas. The top is decorated with a cross, shelled walnuts, almonds, decorative patterns made by dough and shaped into leaves, birds, flowers. The head of the house cuts it on Christmas Day after he crosses it and says "Happy returns, many wishes for next year" and.

Instructions to make Christopsomo full of flavors!:
  1. Crumble the yeast in a bowl and add the honey. Add the lukewarm water and stir until they dissolve. Let the mixture foam for 10 minutes.
  2. Uisng another bowl, mix all the flours (sifted), add the powdered spices except the walnuts and the zest. Make a well and add the yoghurt and the yeast mixture. Mix. Dissolve the salt in the lukewarm water that you will need for the dough. Add it gradually until you have a pliable dough that doesn't stick to your hands. At this point add the finely chopped walnuts and the zest.
  3. Knead your dough for 10 minutes.
  4. Leave it to rest in an oiled bowl at a warm place for one hour and a half until it rises. Then knead lightly, keep a piece of the dough the size of an apple and after you form the dough into a round loaf place it on oiled greaseproof paper (I suggest that you use a round baking tray) and start decorating. Using the piece of dough that you set aside, make two strings and form a large cross on the top and if you like, make patterns like leaves or birds. Push in the almonds and cloves. Place the shelled walnut at the center of the cross. Set it aside once more, in a warm place in order to rise, for about an hour.
  5. When the hour passes brush the top with the egg yolk-milk, sprinkle with sesame seeds and bake at 160°C using the upper and lower heating elements on the last rack for 50 minutes to one hour.

The top is decorated with a cross, shelled walnuts, almonds, decorative patterns made by dough and shaped into leaves, birds, flowers. The head of the house cuts it on Christmas Day after he crosses it and says "Happy returns, many wishes for next year" and. Christopsomo, or Christ's Bread, is considered a sacred tradition in many Greek Orthodox homes and the care with which it is made is said to ensure the well-being of the home in the year to come. Only the purest and most expensive ingredients are used. The bread is often decorated with pieces of dough formed into representations of the family's life (boats, animals, etc.).

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