🇨🇭 Switzerland recipe
Zopf
Switzerland's beloved braided Sunday bread is a golden, pillowy loaf enriched with generous amounts of butter and egg. The name means braid in Swiss German, and the distinctive plaited shape has graced Swiss breakfast tables for centuries. The dough is soft and slightly sweet, yielding a tender crumb beneath a glossy, deep mahogany crust. Tearing off a piece of warm Zopf and slathering it with butter and cherry jam is a quintessential Swiss Sunday morning ritual.
Prep30 mins + 2 hrs 15 mins rising
Cook35 mins
Serves8
Difficultymedium
Ingredients
- 500g strong white bread flour
- 10g fine sea salt
- 15g fresh yeast or 7g active dry yeast
- 80g unsalted butter, softened
- 250ml whole milk, lukewarm
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 egg yolk beaten with 1 tablespoon milk for egg wash
Method
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Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 280
- Protein
- 8 g
- Carbs
- 40 g
- Fat
- 10 g
