Vasilopita
Vasilopita

Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, vasilopita. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Vasilopita, or Greek New Year's Bread, is a sweet yeasted egg bread scented with orange and traditionally served on New Year's day. Vasilopita recipe - How to make the perfect Greek New Year's cake! Once starting to prepare this vasilopita recipe, make sure that your butter is at room temperature before using. Greek Νew Year's cake - Vasilopita by Greek chef Akis Petretzikis.

Vasilopita is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Vasilopita is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have vasilopita using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Vasilopita:
  1. Make ready 600 g sugar
  2. Prepare 600 g flour
  3. Make ready 300 g butter
  4. Get 300 g cold milk
  5. Get 6 eggs
  6. Take 3/4 tbsp cream of tartar
  7. Get 3/4 tsp baking soda
  8. Make ready 1 small cup of brandy
  9. Make ready 1 vanillin (or 1/2 tsp vanilla extract)
  10. Take orange zest

It is tradition for each family to have their own vasilopita and a piece is cut. On New Year's Day, Greek families cut the Vasilopita to bless the house and bring good luck for the new year. Vasilopita is considered the Greek New Year's cake. Vasilopita is a Greek New Year's cake with a coin or a trinket baked inside of it.

Instructions to make Vasilopita:
  1. Beat the butter till it is properly creamed and then add the sugar and combine well.
  2. Separate the eggs and add the yolks one at a time. Then add half of the milk and all the flour and vanillin.
  3. While continuing stirring, add the rest of the milk where we've already put the cream of tartar and the whites of the eggs beaten to a meringue.
  4. Add the baking soda with the cognac and the zest, last.
  5. Place in a buttered pan and bake for about 1 hour at 200°, depending on your oven. If it is a strong one, bake at 180 and allow a bit more of baking time. Anyway, since every oven is different and baking time also depends on the pan, do the test with the knife and let it in the oven till the knife comes out clean.

Vasilopita is considered the Greek New Year's cake. Vasilopita is a Greek New Year's cake with a coin or a trinket baked inside of it. The cake is enriched with a sweet flavoring, symbolizing the sweetness and joy of life and hope that the New Year will be. Vasilopita - Greek New Year's Cake Vasilopita - Greek New Year's Cake.

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