Chocolate Walnut Swirl Bread

Yet another delicious swirl bread - it's soft, airy and fluffy. This kind of dough will keep fresh and tasty for a long time. The recipe is not complicated, but I insisted on showing it to you in as much detail as possible so that you get the most beautiful and perfect swirl bread. I tried it last year and only now did I have the time to show you the steps.

Of course, you can adjust the cake filling to your taste. I would say the walnuts are mandatory, but you can replace with poppy seeds or other nuts. So is cocoa powder and the Turkish delight - add them if you want. It will be tasty and aromatic, no matter what. This time, we liked the rum flavour in the filling, so here's another option.

Ingredients
White flour
1 kg
sifted in advance
Milk
600 ml
Bakers yeast
50 g
or 25g of dry yeast
Sugar
500 g
Egg
8 pieces
Salt
1 tsp
Lemon zest
1 tbsp
Vanilla Extract
1 tbsp
Rum flavour
1 tbsp
Chopped walnuts
350 g
Cacao powder
2 tbsp
Butter
200 g
melted and cooled
Sunflower oil
3 tbsp
Step by step
Step 1

Bring 200ml of milk to a boil. Place 3 tablespoons of flour into a bowl. Pour over the milk when it starts to boil.

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Step 2

Stir well and set aside until the mixture cools down and is just warm (careful, it mustn't be hot!)

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Step 3

In a different bowl, combine 1 tablespoon of sugar with yeast and pour over 200ml of warm milk. Mix well.

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Step 4

Then pour this yeast and milk mixture over the scalded and cooled flour.

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Step 5

Stir this mixture well until it's smooth. You can try with the whisk, I solved it faster with the hand blender.

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Step 6

Make a well with your hands in the flour bowl. Pour the yeast mixture here and let rise and swell for 20-30 minutes.

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Step 7

Look how it grew.

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Step 8

In a plate, combine 7 yolks with salt, orange peel and 250g of sugar. Mix well.

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Step 9

Pour this mixture over the dough and the flour. Add another 200ml of warm milk and vanilla.

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Step 10

Stir with a wooden spoon or spatula. Slowly mix in the flour.

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Step 11

Beat 4 egg whites until stiff and add to the dough.

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Step 12

Knead with your hands.

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Step 13

Combine the melted butter with 3 tablespoons of oil and pour 1/3 of this mixture over the dough.

Continue to knead as in the classic cake dough - punch, turn, hit, collect etc.

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Step 14

Keep kneading for 20-30 minutes.

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Step 15

After about 10 minutes of kneading, add another half of butter and oil.

Along the way, grease your hands with the remaining butter to handle the dough easier.

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Step 16

It will get smoother, but a little sticky, it's normal.

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Step 17

Finally, gently shape into a ball and it's ready.

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Step 18

Cover with a towel and let rise in a warm place until it's 3 times its size.

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Step 19

During this time, we are preparing the filling:

- In a bowl, place the ground walnuts, 250g of sugar, 2 tablespoons of cocoa and 3 raw egg whites.

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Step 20

Optionally, you can add some rum essence.

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Step 21

Mix well.

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Step 22

Now the dough is ready. We start shaping the swirl breads.

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Step 23

Grease your hands and the table with oil.

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Step 24

Turn the dough out onto the table.

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Step 25

Massage it a little, then cut into 4 equal parts.

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Step 26

Take each piece, stretch out with your hands into a rectangle, about 6-7mm thick.

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Step 27

Place over 1/4 of the walnut filling and Turkish delight, if you like.

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Step 28

Roll up carefully.

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Step 29

Make another roll like this from another piece of dough. Braid them together into a swirl bread.

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Step 30

Transfer to a large loaf pan (mine is 30x15cm and 10cm deep).

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Step 31

Repeat the procedure to shape the second bread.

Place the tins in a warm place, covered with a towel and let the breads rise for at least 1 hour.

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Step 32

After this time, brush the breads with eggwash on top.

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Step 33

And place in the preheated oven at 180 degrees C for 50 minutes in total.

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Step 34

After 10 minutes, you'll notice the breads will have browned rather quickly.

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Step 35

I recommend covering with foil. Bake for another 30 minutes.

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Step 36

After 30 minutes, remove the foil. Keep in the oven for 10 more minutes.

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Step 37

Remove from the oven and let sit in the tins for 15 minutes.

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Step 38

Then gently lift the breads out of the tins by pulling the baking paper.

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Step 39

Cover with a towel and allow to cool completely before serving.

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Step 40

Slice with a sharp knife and savour the most delicious and fluffy swirl breads.

Enjoy!

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Quantity: 4 kg (2 large bread)
Prep time:
120 min
Difficulty: intermediate
Ready in: 120 min