Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Merry Christmas!!

this is a "kerststol" that i made yesterday for christmas. it is a traditional dutch breadlike pastry (or pastry-like bread..., whatever you want to call it), with lots of filling! it contains dried fruit; usually at least raisins and currants but you can also add dried cranberries (like i did) and whatever else you prefer. i added some coarsely chopped almonds as well. in weight there is as much dough as filling, so it turned out to be quite difficult to get it all spread in the dough evenly. then in the middle is the big surprise; a log of almond paste (made tastier with some lemon zest) thats rolled into the dough. as a child this was the main reason i liked this bread. i would quickly eat around the piece of almond paste and keep that for last (here you can see what i mean). hmmmmmm... the outer part of the bread ofcourse has no almond paste, and in the very middle you get the biggest piece, so i would always try to get a middle piece.... as this morning we had to check the bread (i had never made one before), i of course had to slice it in the middle.... ;) there are many recipes out there to make a kerststol, here is one in english!
enjoy your christmas!

7 comments:

Andy said...

Yummy! Merry Christmas!

Stefan Jansson said...

We all to something different for Christmas. Didn't know about the kerststol. Enjoy it! God Jul.

s.c said...

Ziet er verdomd goed uit. Gelukkig kerstmis.

biebkriebels said...

Wow Cat that looks great, I love the Kerststol but never made it myself.

Kate said...

Thanks for the links! My baking skills are minimal, but I may try it. Have a lovely Holiday!

Kay said...

This looks/sounds delicious! You've really developed some great baking skills. Merry Christmas!

Jack said...

It looks delicious. There are some similarities to stollen and to fruitcakes. I hope your Christmas has been great.