Kugelhopf

Kugelhopf recipe

Serves  10 person

Baking time -40 min

Preparation time 3 hrs.

Ingredients:

• Butter  500 gms
• Sugar 500 gms
• Egg yolk  15 no’s
• Egg white   15 no’s
• Hazelnut powder  200 gms
• Hazelnut chopped  200 gms
• Flour     200 gms
• Cinnamon powder  2 gms

Method:

• Beat the butter  and sugar
• Add egg yolk one by one
• Add lemon jest
• Mix chopped hazelnut, hazelnut powder, flour and cinnamon
• Add  butter mixture
• Make meringue of egg white and mix the whole mixture
• Put the mixture in a  Kugelhopf mould and bake at 180 degree Celsius for 40 minutes
• Dust with icing sugar and serve

From the kitchen of:

Chef Paul Besra, Pastry Chef, Hyatt Bangalore MG Road