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Mosbolletjie bread recipe

A recipe for mossbolletjie made with fermenting grape must from the harvest
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Prep Time:30 minutes
Cook Time:1 hour
Total Time:1 day

Ingredients

  • 2.5 kg flour
  • 6 eggs
  • 250 g butter
  • 2 cups milk
  • 4 cups must strong fermenting must, at about 17° Balling
  • 4 cups sugar
  • 35 gram dried aniseed
  • sweet sugar water three tablespoons on half cup water pinch of salt

Instructions

  • Mix flour and aniseed in a mixing bowl
  • Blend sugar, melted butter and milk
  • Beat eggs separately
  • Now mix the flour and aniseed with the beaten eggs and then add the milk, sugar, and butter mixture
  • Add the must and knead well
  • Cover the mixing bowl well with a blanket or thick towel and leave to rise overnight
  • The next morning, knead down, form small balls and place them against each other in loaf pan
  • Allow to rise again and place in oven at 180ºC until golden brown and cooked, more or less one hour
  • Remove from pan and dab the top with a paint brush dipped in sugar water

Notes

  • It is very important to obtain must at the correct Balling, or the buns will be either too sweet or not sweet enough.
Servings: 3