“Waiter there’s something in my bread” really encouraged my bakery instincts! After the bread I baked yesterday my only thought was: “Bake! Bake! Bake!”!!! Plus I was truly inspired by some of the wonderful entries, and especially by Patricia‘s recipe, so I hope she won’t mind if I made something similar, yet different, to her wonderful Berry Twist Bread!
It was days I was looking for something not to sweet for breakfast, but I didn’t want to wait for an entire overnight fridge rise (as fo the French brioche), so I’ve used the basic recipe for Stollen, from Patisserie Maison, and I changed it just a little, to meet my objectives…

15 g of fresh yeast
13 cl of lukewarm milk
100 g of strong flour
300 g of flour
2 tablespoons of honey
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon of grounded nutmeg
4 egg yolks
75 g of melted butter

60 g of raisins
40 g of pistachio nuts

4 tablespoons of marmalade

First make the dough. As usually I’ve used my wonderful Kenwood chef with the kneader hook.
In the kneader bowl dissolve the yeast in the milk, let it rest for 10 minutes, then add all the ingredients, except raisins, pistachio nuts and marmalade.
Begin to knead at the lowest speed and after 10 minutes, knead at speed 2 for 5 minutes, then lower the speed at minimum and knead for another 5 minutes.
Make a ball and let it rise for 1 hour and half, covered with a tea towel.
After the given time, knead a little (by hand this time) and begin to add raisins and pistachio nuts. Once they are completely mixed with the dough, roll it out on a floured surface on a rectangle 1 centimeter thick. Spread it with the marmalade (I’ve used homemade orange marmalade), roll it, fasten the ends, and let it rise for another hour in a cake pan.
Preheat the oven at 170° C.
Once is well risen again, bake it for 30 minutes.

Serve cold with a nice mug of coffee!
Enjoy!