Date and Fig Amaretto Easter Bread

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Date & Fig Amaretto Easter Bread
Easter bread, or “kozunak” in Bulgarian, is made primarily for Easter but also throughout the year and is something we Bulgarians snack on with yogurt very, very often. It is usually made with nuts, raisins, and a swirl of marmalade on the inside, but more contemporary versions include nutella, chocolate chips, and generally any ol’ sweet filling.

So yeah, of course my preference is something soaked in alcohol – so I chopped dates and soaked them in Amaretto, and also spread generous doses of fig preserves to make mine. Going for some sort of cross-cultural mashup, while I eat it, I am drinking cafe blanc – which is neither coffee, nor white – but hot water with orange blossom essence (and is good for digestion purposes): http://qc.allrecipes.ca/recette/6988/caf–blanc-d-a-da.aspx. This is a takeaway from the Moroccan Jewish Mimouna celebration. This year the Eastern Orthodox Easter and Mimouna coincide, so it seemed appropriate.

On the side, I have an Easter egg, decorated based on the solid tradition of extreme consumerism according to which you buy the latest gizmo on Amazon for decorating eggs with stripes using non-toxic markers 🙂

There are a million recipes for kozunak, here is one that I regularly follow:
http://www.bobthechef.com/recipe/kozunak-sweet-easter-bread

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