Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, apricot couronne. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Apricot Couronne is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Apricot Couronne is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have apricot couronne using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Apricot Couronne:

1. Take 9 oz strong white bread flour
2. Get 1 sachet dried yeast
3. Get 1 tsp salt
4. Take 1 beaten egg
5. Prepare 3 fl oz warm milk
6. Make ready 1.5 oz soft butter plus another 3 oz
7. Prepare 2.5 oz light brown sugar
8. Take 2.5 oz raisins or sultanas
9. Take 4 oz dried apricots, chopped & soaked in juice of 1 orange
10. Take 2 oz chopped walnuts
11. Prepare Grated zest of 1 orange
12. Make ready 1.5 oz plain flour
13. Get Apricot jam or marmalade
14. Prepare Flaked toasted almonds
15. Get 7 oz icing sugar

Instructions to make Apricot Couronne:

1. Mix together the flour, beaten egg, 1.5 oz butter, milk salt & yeast in a bowl, then transfer to a working surface. Knead for about 10 minutes until a soft smooth dough is formed…it will be sticky at first, but persist!!
2. Cover the bowl with a large plastic bag and leave to prove until doubled in size..depending on the temperature, this takes a bit more than an hour…make sure the milk is just blood heat.
3. Beat together the butter and sugar then stir in the zest of the orange and chopped walnuts with the flour then add the drained apricots.
4. Turn the risen dough on to the work surface and carefully roll out to a rectangle about 13 x10 inches. Spread the filling over and roll up tightly along the longest edge to make a long sausage. Using scissors, cut along the length of the roll until there's 1cm left…twist the two lengths together to form a rope then form a circle, arranging the two ends neatly…transfer to a large baking sheet.
5. Cover with the same plastic bag, and prove for a further 45 minutes, set the oven to 200 degrees c…bake for 25 minutes until golden brown & cooked…make up some glacé icing with the icing sugar & lemon juice… finish the couronne with a glaze made with some sieved jam or marmalade, brushing it lightly over the surface…then zig zag icing over the entire top…then scatter the almonds….enjoy!!

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