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Ingredients
Dough
- 150 g butter, cut into cubes (3-4 cm)
- 180 g full cream milk
- 50 g fresh yeast, or 3 tsp dried instant yeast
- 120 g white sugar
- 500 g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
- 6 egg yolks (reserve whites for filling)
- ½ tsp sea salt
- 1 ½ tbsp rum
Poppy seed filling
- 420 g poppy seeds
- 1000 g boiling water, for soaking
- 50 g almonds
- 50 g walnuts
- 150 g white sugar
- 50 g honey
- 100 g sultanas
- 30 g butter
- 150 g full cream milk
- 40 g mixed peel
- 1 ½ tsp natural almond extract
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ orange, zest only, no white pith, finely grated
- 20 g orange juice
- 2 tbsp rum (optional)
- ½ tsp sea salt
- 6 egg whites
Glaze
- 180 g icing sugar
- 20 - 40 g orange juice
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 1249.3 kJ / 297.4 kcal
- Protein
- 6.8 g
- Carbohydrates
- 34.9 g
- Fat
- 14.7 g
- Saturated fat
- 4.6 g
- Fiber
- 2.5 g
- Sodium
- 137.1 mg