Find out how to prepare a soft track with mandarin jam, the food blogger Antonella Audino offers us a delicious recipe with few ingredients and filled with mandarin jam.

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Difficulty: medium
Servings: Two braids


Water Roux Ingredients

  • 55 g of milk
  • 55 g of water
  • 55 g of flour

Dough ingredients

  • 350 g flour w 330 protein 13
  • 150 g 0 flour
  • 90 g water roux
  • 70 g of sugar
  • 100 g milk
  • 1 egg
  • 10 g of brewer’s yeast
  • 100 g of water
  • 80 g of condensed milk
  • 50 g butter
  • 7 g of salt
  • vanilla and aromas

Preparation – Water Roux

  1. In a saucepan, mix water, milk and flour, heat until it thickens, then let it cool before using.

Preparation – Dough

  1. Place the flours in the bowl of the mixer, add the egg, the fresh brewer’s yeast, the water roux and the milk and start the dough.
  2. After a few turns, add, with the spiral in motion, the condensed milk, then the water gradually and string together, tilting the dough from time to time with the paddle attachment.
  3. When the dough is stiff, add the chopped butter, with the last butter the salt, vanilla and grated lemon or orange.
  4. String, round and place in a bowl or, better yet, a measuring container where it will rise until doubled in size.
  5. Once doubled, place the dough on a floured work surface and divide the dough in two.
  6. Roll out with a rolling pin and form two rectangles and place on baking paper.
  7. Using a pizza cutter, cut the edge of one side, distribute the flour in the center and place the strips crisscrossing over the jam.
  8. Let it rise until doubled in size, then brush with egg white and sprinkle with almond flakes if desired.
  9. Cook at 200° for thirty minutes, halfway through cooking place a sheet of baking paper on top of the braid to prevent it from darkening too much.
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