Kugelhopf Surprise
Ingredients
1/4 ounce rapid rise dry yeast
1 teaspoon salt
10 teaspoons unsalted butter at room temperature
3 eggs
7 ounces milk (just shy of a full cup)
1/4 pound finely diced bacon
1 small onion, finely diced
12 walnut halves to decorate the crown of the loaf
Creating the Kugelhopf Surprise
3 teaspoons finely chopped capers
1 pound thinly sliced smoked salmon -- ask for the smokiest, strongest flavor
Preparation
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MAKE THE KUGELHOPF AU LARD
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Add the butter, bash it around until evenly distributed.
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Mix the eggs with a fork and add them.
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Slowly pour in the milk. It will be soft and sticky.
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Knead thoroughly for 10 minutes.
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It will pull away from the sides of the bowl.
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Cover bowl with a dishtowel, let rise until double in volume
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Remove bacon, in remaining fat slowly cook onions 'til translucent
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Grease a Kugelhopf pan well
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Place a walnut half in each of the runnels at the bottom of the pan.
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Knock down the dough, work in the bacon, onions and chopped walnuts Turn out dough into Kugelhopf pan.
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Cover, let rise until it climbs above the rim of the pan.
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Bake at 400 degrees 45 minutes. Loaf will sound hollow when tapped.
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Keep at room temp until ready for phase 2.
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MAKE THE SURPRISE:
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Slice loaf thinly into 10 more rings
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Keep track of smallest at top to the largest, leaving a last ring for a base.
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Slice the cucumber on the thin blade of a food processor.
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Spread the cheese on one of each pair of slices.
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Starting with largest ring, slice evenly into eight wedges.
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Transfer sliced ring onto base.
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Continue slicing and stacking until you have rebuilt Kugelhopf.
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Tools
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About
One of the many unusual recipes on www.spectacularlydelicious.com
Yield:
24.0
Added:
Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 6:38am
