Traditional German stollen with prunes
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Traditional German stollen with prunes
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Germany's Christmas cake is a delicious combination of dried fruit in a gently spiced cake.
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Ingredients
For the marzipan
- ½ cup almond meal 60g ground almonds
- ½ cup confectioners sugar 55g icing sugar
- 1 tablespoon egg white approx ½ of one egg white
For the stollen
- 2 ¾ oz dried plums 75g (prunes), pitted
- 1 egg
- 1 pinch saffron
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour 250g plain flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup sugar 100g (optional - see notes)
- ¼ teaspoon ground cardamon I tend to crack open a few pods and grind the seeds in pestle and mortar
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 lemon zest
- 8 oz quark 225g, 1 tub or replace with ricotta with a little sour cream (approx 9:1)
- 2 oz unsalted butter 55g, ½ stick, just melted
- ½ tablespoon milk
- ¼ cup chopped walnuts 30g
To top/for dusting
- 1 tablespoon butter approx
- 1 tablespoon confectioners sugar approx
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300F/150C and line a good-sized baking sheet.
- If including marzipan, mix together the almond meal, confectioners sugar and egg white and bring it together in a ball. Knead slightly and form into a short log, around 1in/2.5cm thick.
- For the stollen itself, first chop the dried plums into small pieces, each plum into roughly 4-6 pieces.
- Lightly whisk the egg and saffron together in a small bowl.
- In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, sugar, cardamon, nutmeg and lemon zest. Watch with the lemon zest in particular that it is well distributed as it can clump together.
- Add the egg mixture, quark, butter, milk, walnuts and chopped dried plums. Then mix until well combined but try not to overmix.
- Next, lightly flour a work surface and turn the mixture out. Flatten it out into a circle around 1in/2.5cm thick. Lay the marzipan log in the middle, if using, and fold one side over the top. If not using marzipan, still fold the dough over to the other side, stopping a bit short of the edge. Gently use the back of your fingers to seal the top and bottom layers - it should end up slightly domed rather than very thick to the edge.
- Place on a lined baking sheet with plenty of room for it to spread and bake for 60-70 min until gently golden around the outside and a skewer comes out clean. If you have used marzipan, then don't test in the middle but a bit to the side as the marzipan will probably make it tricky to tell.
- Allow to cool on a baking rack.
- Once cool, brush the outside with melted butter to give it a light coating then sprinkle with confectioners sugar by rubbing it through a sieve to ensure nice and fine. Serve in slices.
Notes
- My original German recipe includes 100g sugar in the stollen dough but I have also made this without sugar, just relying on the sweetness from the marzipan and dusting on top and it was still delicious. Sweeten up to your taste, I'd say no more than the ½c/100g but none or part of this will also work (more will make it more cake-like than stollen should be).
Nutrition Information
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Calories
252kcal
(13%)
Carbohydrates
31g
(10%)
Protein
7g
(14%)
Fat
11g
(17%)
Saturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Cholesterol
31mg
(10%)
Sodium
30mg
(1%)
Potassium
200mg
(6%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
11g
(22%)
Vitamin A
260IU
(5%)
Vitamin C
0.7mg
(1%)
Calcium
68mg
(7%)
Iron
1.5mg
(8%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 10+
Amount Per Serving
Calories 252 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 252kcal | 13% |
| Carbohydrates | 31g | 10% |
| Protein | 7g | 14% |
| Fat | 11g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 31mg | 10% |
| Sodium | 30mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 200mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 11g | 22% |
| Vitamin A | 260IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 0.7mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 68mg | 7% |
| Iron | 1.5mg | 8% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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