for 1 bread

Dough

500 g	zopf flour
3 tbsp	sugar
1 ½ tsp	salt
½ tsp	ground cardamom
½ cube	yeast (approx. 20 g), crumbled
3 dl	milk
60 g	butter, cut into pieces

Filling

70 g	butter, soft
½ tsp	ground cardamom
50 g	shelled ground almonds

To shape

1	pear, thinly sliced

To decorate

3 tbsp

maple syrup

How it's done

Dough

In a bowl, mix the flour with all the other ingredients up to and including the yeast. Add the milk and butter, knead to form a soft, smooth dough. Cover and leave to rise at room temperature for approx. 1½ hrs. until doubled in size.

Filling

Mix the butter, cardamom and almonds in a bowl.

To shape

On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out into a rectangle (approx. 30 x 40 cm). Spread the filling on top. Cut the dough lengthwise into strips approx. 4 cm wide, then cut the strips into pieces. Place the pieces of dough and pear slices alternately next to each other, cover and leave to rise again for approx. 30 mins.

To bake

Approx. 25 mins. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 180 °C. Remove from the oven, allow to cool slightly, remove from the tin and leave to cool completely on a rack.

To decorate

Brush the bread with maple syrup while still warm.

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