Wedding loaf with your own hands. A recipe for a wedding caravan with your own hands, photo
For a long time now the wedding loaf isa necessary attribute at the wedding ceremony. After all, according to the traditions of many countries of the world, it was the ritual bread that started the wedding. They were met by the parents of a new family on the threshold of the house. It's not accidental that it's so important, it's the first dish that lovers eat together as a husband and wife. According to the old rite, the guests gave presents to young people in exchange for a piece of loaf. Of course, ordering wedding bread in cooking now will not be difficult, but if you bake it with your own hands, it will be a real amulet for a new family.
How to bake a wedding loaf
This is a very responsible and exciting moment,because the ritual bread for the young should be prepared by a woman who is happy in her family union and has children. During the kneading test, she reads prayers and asks that the life of the newlyweds be long and happy. According to Russian wedding traditions and rituals, the loaf should be large, then the new family will live in prosperity. In the old days he could weigh so much that several men carried him to the solemn table.
Wedding loaf: recipe
Ingredients:
flour - 8 stack
dry yeast - 20 gr
vegetable or butter - 100 gr
milk - 0.5 stack
eggs - 10 pieces
sugar - 7 tbsp. l.
salt - 2 teaspoons. l.
Cooking process:
Milk warm, add 20 grams of sugar, pour in the yeast and stir until dissolved.
Egg yolks must be separated from proteins. One yolk to set aside, and stir the rest with sugar and add to the mixture of milk and yeast.
In a deep bowl, pour in flour, make a small hole, pour in milk with eggs, butter, whipped whites and salt.
The table needs to be sprinkled with flour, put on itdough from a bowl and start to mix it. After about 20-30 minutes, the surface of the dough will become even and smooth. After this, it is necessary to put it in a warm place.
When the mass rises it is necessary to hamper it. The dough should increase in volume once again, only after that it is possible to begin to form a wedding loaf with your own hands, having previously separated from it about one fourth part.
The cut dough should be rolled out, cut and sculpted ornaments (spikelets, braids, flowers and leaves).
The surface of the product is smeared with water and adornments are attached to it, and they must also be moistened to prevent the formation of a crust.
In order for the loaf to be rosy, it needs to be greased with an egg yolk mixed with a little water. Then send it to the oven, heated to 200 degrees.
When the top of the product is lightly browned, you need to carefully open the oven and cover it with a pastry foil. Then reduce the heat to 180 degrees and bake for 1-1.5 hours.
How to decorate a loaf for a wedding
By tradition, the wedding loaf is decorated with variouselements. The decor parts, which are placed on wedding bread, have always been given special attention, because each of them carries a certain meaning. You can decorate the loaf in two ways, before placing it in the oven or 10-15 minutes before it is ready. In the first case, there is a possibility that the details of the decoration will spread out a little. But the second way ensures that all elements will retain their clear form.
Ornaments made of dough for a loaf, and their meaning:
clusters of viburnum - strong and strong love
bunches of grapes - abundance and numerous offspring
pigeons - fidelity
roses - purity and beauty of a young bride
Wheat spike - a symbol of fertility and wealth
pigtail - inseparability of the couple in love and family consent
leaves - health and youth
To dough for decorating the loaf was eventually contrasted in color, before you send the product into the oven, you do not need to lubricate the decor with the egg yolk.
