http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2011/04/21/tsoureki/ Notes from my kitchen, in which I bake bread and raise a few other matters Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:18:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2011/04/21/tsoureki/comment-page-1/#comment-59863 Jennifer Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:51:12 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=9418#comment-59863 The reg dyed eggs traditional to Greek Easter are dyed by boiling vinegar and onion skins (regular yellow onions) in water for half an hour that hard boiling the eggs in the strained liquid. The eggs are than cooled and rubbed with an olive oil dampened cloth for shine and sealing. This method bonds the dye with the eggs much better and will give you the blood red colour of the traditional eggs and not stain your bread!

]]> http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2011/04/21/tsoureki/comment-page-1/#comment-28507 eleni Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:18:11 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=9418#comment-28507 the method is a little different than the traditional but makes sense…as far as the egg is concerned you can wrap a small piece of aluminum foil to cover the portion that is touching the dough or parchment paper and remove before serving

]]> http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2011/04/21/tsoureki/comment-page-1/#comment-28484 Celine Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:08:30 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=9418#comment-28484 Hi there!
Thanks for the lovely receipy!
What I do about the eggs..
I ‘m baking the dough with an uncoloured egg which I’m replacing after baking with the red one

]]> http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2011/04/21/tsoureki/comment-page-1/#comment-28414 Susan Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:57:14 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=9418#comment-28414 Vasili, great, thank you! I will do that next time.

]]> http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2011/04/21/tsoureki/comment-page-1/#comment-28413 Vasili Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:55:37 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=9418#comment-28413 Rub the egg with vegetable oil before placing in bread to prevent bleeding.

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