Kulichi on the alexandrian test

20 servings
16 hours

All necessary ingredients must be at room temperature

Soak raisins in advance for 10 minutes, dry

Sift flour 2 times

Whisk the eggs and yolk a little, add the butter cut into pieces, pour in the sugar. Break the yeast into small pieces (fresh yeast crumbles very well with your hands) and add to the opara too. Heat the melted milk a little and pour it into the opara. Put in a warm place for 10-12 hours, it's good to leave at night.

When the opara rises, add salt, raisins, vanilla sugar and cognac. Add flour and knead the dough, lubricating your hands with vegetable oil. The dough should be soft and sticky.

You can use a mixer with corollas, faster than with your hands

Leave again in a warm place for 1. 5 hours so that the dough rises.

The dough should double in size.

Then wash and put in the uniforms up to half. It's good to stick a wooden wand in the middle. The dough will rise smoothly and it is easier to check the readiness of the cake.

Leave for proofing. The dough will rise again. It took a little over an hour.

We put the cakes in a cold oven. Put a container of water in the bottom of the oven. It is important: then we prepare in several stages. Turn on the oven for 100 degrees, bake for 10 minutes. We increase the temperature to 150 degrees, bake for 15 minutes. We increase the temperature again: up to 200 degrees, bake for another 15 minutes. All this time, the oven cannot be opened. Take out the wand and check readiness. If necessary, you can finish cooking.

At the end of baking, turn off the oven and leave the cakes in it for 20 minutes. Then we take out the cakes and cool them lying on their side, turning them over periodically. That's it. The cakes are ready.

Decorate the top with protein glaze. We have protein left, add 200 g of powdered sugar, a little citric acid, beat.