Ingredients:

• 450 g – white bread flour
• 75 g – Butter
• 200 ml – Milk
• 7 g – Yeast
• 1 – Egg
• 75 g – Sugar
• 1 tsp – salt
• 1 tsp – finely grated zest of Orange
• For the filling: 75 g – ground hazelnut or Almonds
• 1 – Egg white
• 50 g – Brown sugar
• 1 tsp – grated Nutmeg
• For the topping: 1 – Egg yolk
• 1 tbsp – Milk
• 1 tbsp – mixed, crushed nuts
• 3 tbsp – icing Sugar
• 1/2 tbsp – hot water

Method:

1. Mix the flour, yeast, sugar and salt in a bowl.
2. Heat butter and milk in a pan until the butter melts completely.
3. Make an indent at the centre of flour mixture, add the orange zest, egg and little by little the milk mixture to make a smooth dough.
4. Place the dough in a clean, oiled bowl and cover it with a cling film.
5. Let the dough rise in a warm place for about 1 hour.
6. Take the dough and the knock out the air and divide the dough into two equal halves.
7. Roll out each dough into a rectangle.
8. Mix all the filling ingredients together and spread it on top of the two rectangles.
9. Roll each dough like a Swiss roll.
10. Join the two rolls and twist it up.
11. Join both the ends to form a loop.
12. Grease a 23 cm round baking tray, place the loop in a pan and place a bowl in the middle of the loop.
13. Cover the pan loosely with a cling film and allow it to rise for another 30 minutes .
14. Preheat the oven to 200 degree Celsius.
15. Take the raised dough and remove the bowl from the middle.
16. Beat the egg yolk and milk lightly, brush it on top of the bread and sprinkle with nuts.
17. Bake it in a preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until it turns golden brown on top.
18. For the icing, sift the icing sugar in a bowl and mix it with hot water, sprinkle over it the warm bread.
19. Recipe Courtesy: Taste of Pearl City

Recipe courtesy of Ayeesha Riaz