Tricolor Braid

Name: Tricolor Braid
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 14 grams packages each) active dry yeast; 2 Tbsps baking cocoa; 59 milliliters butter, softened; 1 egg white; 789 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps honey; 2 Tbsps molasses; 237 milliliters rye flour; 3 teaspoons salt; 1 Tbsp water; 552 milliliters warm water (110° to 115°); 2 Tbsps toasted wheat germ; 237 milliliters whole wheat flour

If you want to add more lacto ovo vegetarian recipes to your recipe box, Tricolor Braid might be a recipe you should try. One portion of this dish contains approximately 4g of protein, 2g of fat, and a total of 127 calories. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 24. A couple people really liked this hor d'oeuvre. If you have molasses, flour, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 25 minutes. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Tricolor Salad, Tricolor Salad, and Chopped Tricolor Salad.

Instructions

In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water.

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Yeast

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Add butter, honey, salt and 2-1/3 cups flour; beat for 2 minutes. Divide evenly among three bowls.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Honey

Salt

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To the first bowl, stir in enough remaining all-purpose flour to form a stiff dough.

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All Purpose Flour

Dough

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Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes.

Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and set aside.

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Add wheat germ and molasses to the second bowl. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough wheat flour to make a stiff dough.

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Wheat Flour

Wheat Germ

Molasses

Dough

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Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes.

Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and set aside.

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Add cocoa and molasses to the third bowl. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough rye flour to make a stiff dough.

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Rye Flour

Molasses

Cocoa Powder

Dough

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Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes.

Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover.

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Let all three bowls rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.

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Punch doughs down; divide each in half. Shape each portion into a 15-in. rope.

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Punch

Place a rope of each dough on a greased baking sheet and braid; seal ends. Repeat with remaining ropes.

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Dough

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Cover and let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes. Beat egg white and water; brush over braids.

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Water

Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.

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Remove to wire racks to cool.

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Ingredients

Servings:

14grams

packages each) active dry yeast 2Tbsps

baking cocoa 59milliliters

butter, softened 1

egg white 789milliliters

all-purpose flour 2Tbsps

honey 2Tbsps

molasses 237milliliters

rye flour 3teaspoons

salt 1Tbsp

water 552milliliters

warm water (110° to 115°)2Tbsps

toasted wheat germ 237milliliters

whole wheat flour

Recommended wine: Sparkling Wine, Sparkling Rose

Antipasti can be paired with Sparkling Wine and Sparkling rosé. If you're serving a selection of appetizers, you can't go wrong with these. Both are very food friendly and complement a variety of flavors. You could try Ferrari Perle. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.8 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 38 dollars per bottle.

Ferrari Perle

Straw-yellow with a slight golden sheen. Intense and particularly refined with scents of almonds, apples, a slight spice and hints of bread crust. Dry, clean and elegant with a lasting smoothness. Notes of ripe apples, a pleasant yeastiness and sweet almonds.