The Kougelhopf
For 8 people
Cooking time: about 45 minutes
Ingredients: 1 kg of flour, 150 grams of sugar, 15 to 20 grams of salt, 300 grams of butter, 3 eggs 40 cl of milk, 25 g of yeast, 150 grams of Malaga grapes gd'amandes seeded 75, a small glass of kirsch (optional).
Prepare first with the leaven yeast, half of the warm milk and flour to make a paste consistency average, leave in a warm place.
In a bowl, together flour, salt, eggs and the rest of the warm milk, and stir vigorously foods. Beat in ¼ hour, lifting the dough with your hand.
Add the softened butter in your hands and leaven whose volume has doubled. Beat a few minutes, cover with a towel and let stand in a warm place about one hour.
Tap again, break the dough, add the sugar and grapes Malaga soaked in kirsch or water, and then add a small glass of kirsch (optional).
Put the dough into a mould kougelhopf, buttered well in the grooves; sprinkle with almonds peeled and wiped if possible.
Let the dough rise for a second time to the edge and place in an oven. If the kougelhopf be colored too, put a paper to cover.